The tradition of the oppressed teaches us that the "state of emergency" in which we live is not the exception but the rule.

Like ultraviolet rays memory shows to each man in the book of life a script that invisibly and prophetically glosses the text.

The more circumspectly you delay writing down an idea, the more maturely developed it will be on surrendering itself.

Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.

To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.

Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.

The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.

Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction.

There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism.

The concept of progress must be grounded in the idea of catastrophe. That things are 'status quo' is the catastrophe

All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation.

If there are damned souls in Hell, it is because men blind themselves.

Hewas beautiful. I know, it’s not the manliest way to describe a guy, but inmy head, it was the adjective I used most often and it fit him to a tee.

Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future.

The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditations on the past.

I wished I could share my own optimism.

If we are destined to be together again, be happy to know you’ll be getting the real me, not some blubbering half me.

We have a puppy named Lucy... two cats... goldfish... and Louis, our lop earred rabbit.

We need to incorporate that age-old concept of redemption into the work that we do in the criminal justice system in California.

If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director.

If you want perfection or close to it...listen to the record.