We live in a very peculiar world. Democracy isn't discussed, as if it was taken for granted, as if democracy had taken God's place, who is also not discussed.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see.

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich.

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers.

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has military installations in Uzbekistan.

Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes.

A journey never ends. Only the travellers end.

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being?

We use words to understand each other and even, sometimes, to find each other.

No human being can achieve all he or she desires in this life except in dreams, so good night all.

I can only motivate if you ALLOW me to motivate.

Culture does not make people. People make culture. if it is true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, then we can and must make it our culture.

And you have to be careful with illusionists: sometimes evil deceives us by assuming the simplest form of things.

One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks.

I'm a huge fan of Cheetos.

There is no truth sure enough to justify persecution.

The English never smash in a face. They merely refrain from asking it to dinner.

I've passed on a lot of huge-money jobs. Money doesn't enter into the decision-making. If I do a big blockbuster, it's about how big an audience you'll get and where you can take them.

Winners win in life because they win the battle in their mind first!

Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.