Writing cant change the world overnight, but writing may have an enormous effect over time, over the long haul.

As long as the hummingbird had not abandoned the land, somewhere there were still flowers, and they could all go on.

I will tell you something about stories . . . They aren't just entertainment. Don't be fooled. They are all we have, you see, all we have to fight off illness and death.

But as long as you remember what you have seen, then nothing is gone. As long as you remember, it is part of this story we have together.

Because if you weren't born white, you were forced to see differences; or if you weren't born what they called normal, or if you got injured, then you were left to explore the world of the different.

But sometimes what we call 'memory' and what we call 'imagination' are not so easily distinguished.

the ancient people perceived the world and themselves within that world as part of an ancient continuous story composed of innumerable bundles of other stories.

What is it about us human beings that we can’t let go of lost things?

You don't have anything if you don't have the stories.

Anybody can act violently - there is nothing to it; but not every person is able to destroy his enemy with words.

The Indian wars have never ended in the Americas.

Remember, the only thing to fear is Fear, and - well, don't even fear Fear, for he's a cowardly chap at the best, who will run if you show a brave front.

Being who you are for ever is the price you pay for im­mor­tal­ity.

When you are the problem, it's hard to see it.

Cracks make caves collapse.

I've been obsessed with The Beatles since I was two.

I married your mother because I wanted children, imagine my disappointment when you came along.

Photography appears to be an easy activity; in fact it is a varied and ambiguous process in which the only common denominator among its practitioners is in the instrument.

Licker talks mighty loud w'en it git loose fum de jug.

The GNU GPL was not designed to be "open source".

Imagine the world of mobile based on Nokia and Motorola if Apple had not been restarted by a missionary entrepreneur named Steve Jobs who cared more for his vision than being tactical and financial.