There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?

The worst... was what the Pakistani soldiers did to the Bengali women after their failed rebellion.

They probably do have an Asian Barbie.

I have certainly amassed many historical research gathering skills.

As the Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel warned years ago, to forget a holocaust is to kill twice.

There isn't much in the way of pure communist spirit, because the whole nation seems to be engaged in capitalistic enterprises. Much of the country still operates under government control.

I don't mind solitude. I love talking to other people, but I do need my space.

Often, what you see in the media is driven by economic forces.

Almost all people have this potential for evil, which would be unleashed only under certain dangerous social circumstances.

When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.

Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.

They constantly try to escapeFrom the darkness outside and withinBy dreaming of systems so perfect that no one will need to be good.But the man that is shall shadowThe man that pretends to be.

Silence is better than unmeaning words.

I don't think your ability to fight has anything to do with how big you are. It's to do with how much anger is in you.

The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg.

The highest political buzz word is not liberty, equality, fraternity or solidarity; it is service.

They really are bad shots.

I learned early on how to treat women by the examples that were set around me.

Decisions made quickly were almost always regretted quickly.

Depressions are very cyclical, they happen once every five years. When I was on TV, yes I was effervescent, you can't fake it. It [depression] comes like the pox.

The Romans used every housing form known today and they have a remarkably modern look.