Writing, I'm convinced, should be a subversive activity - frowned on by the authorities - and not one cooed over and praised beyond common sense by some teacher.

As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction

It occurs to me that our survival may depend upon our talking to one another.

The Great Change is when humankind accepts its role as part of the natural order of the universe instead of its role as a cancer

Words are the only bullets in truth's bandolier. And poets are the snipers.

If everyone could understand the working of a psychopath's mind, we undoubtedly would be closer to insanity ourselves.

Nobody gets beyond a petroleum economy. Not while there's petroleum there.

Seduction... was both a science and art - a blend of skill, discipline, proximity, and opportunity. Mostly proximity.

Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become.

History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians.

The shortest route to courage is absolute ignorance.

It is amazing how much wisdom has been handed down through the ages, yet we still make the same mistakes.

Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.

I've always been pretty serious and introspective.

I don't have any expectations as an actor and being rich and famous is not my driving force.

Broadway shows in New York draw two times the attendance of all New York sports teams put together.

I'm not an artist. I tell inappropriate stories and jokes and I try to make people laugh.

Having worked my way from the bottom of the ladder to the top [of the UN] certainly helped me navigate that complexity, both political and bureaucratic.

Crazy old people are our entire source of polling information.

If you look too closely at the form, you miss the Essence.

There is Life in every breath.