Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts.

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.

a spiritual life without prayer is like the gospel without Christ.

Perhaps this is the purpose of all art, all writing, on the murders, fiction and non-fiction: Simply to participate.

It is important for this country to make its people so obsessed with their own liberal individualism that they do not have time to think about a world larger than self.

I like to go out, but sometimes it's nice to stay cozy at home, watching movies or TV, especially early in the week.

A poem is like a child; at some point we have to let it go and trust that it will make its own way in the world.

Trust is a risk game. The leader must ante up first.

Actors have an opportunity to use storytelling as a way to solve pain.

Skiers make the best lovers because they don't sit in front of a television like couch potatoes. They take a risk and they wiggle their behinds. They also meet new people on the ski lift.

To-day kings, to-marrow beggars, it is only when they are themselves that they are nothing.

There was a time when I was 19 when I really, really, really thought I was going crazy. I was exhausted and going through a terrible depression.