There's a tendency, especially among revolutionaries, to only show the good side of yourself and then when you come to power, the bad side comes out.

Responsibility without power, the fate of the secretary through the ages.

We can live with lots of things, but we can't live without imagination, we can't live without hope.

Those who have never suffered the iniquities of exile cannot possibly understand the significance, the gravitas, of a mattress.

You can survive with anger, but you can't live with it forever.

We live in the age of the refugee, the age of the exile.

I'm the most communal person that exists and a very solitary person. So I think writing is a form of getting to the community and being alone, and it's the best of both possible worlds.

I don't believe in God, but I believe in angels.

Most writers who leave their country physically have already left it mentally and emotionally.

This America has been the country of greed rather than the country of need.

I feel as if I can take Indian stories, make them mine and take them to the world.

Understanding doesn't leave room for anger, hurt or fear.

I don’t believe in happy endings, ” Flynn said, spinning Tess and tilting up her chin. “Just happy beginnings.

Impossible is what you say to yourself when you have given up.

You cannot transform the society of people if the people are not part of the change.

Musically, I think I change music like I change clothes! What I listen to on a day to day basis is really contingent upon my mood and what's going on in my life.

No mortal ever has been, no mortal ever will be like the soul just launched on the sea of life.

Nobody exists in a vacuum.

Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings.

As a street artist, I'm used to sharing my stuff with the public. It's a communal experience. I've learned not to be so precious, but rather to enjoy the process.

The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus and a chair that's not obtained from Craigslist that keeps poking into his back.