Written words still have the amazing power to bring out the best and worst of human nature

A desert is a place without expectation.

The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

A truly living human being cannot remain neutral.

The caged eagle become a metaphor for all forms of isolation, the ultimate in imprisonment. A zoo is prison.

Peace. The upland serenity of high altitude, the openness of grassland without indigenous bush or trees; the greening, yellowing or silver-browning that prevailed, according to season.

Writing is making sense of life.

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women to narrow the gap between the convenience of the powers that be and the unwritten charter.

I have failed at many things, but I have never been afraid.

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.

Time is change; we measure its passage by how much things alter.

If only she could be so oblivious again, to feel such love without knowing it, mistaking it for laughter.

I love being able to see an un-written future.

The universe is eager to kindle in you experiences that will enhance and enlighten your consciousness.

Handling power is very much like handling explosives, you have to have a great deal of respect for it and most people don't.

Freedom of expression is no longer a political nicety, but a precondition for economic competitiveness.

I had a confusing relationship with my Barbies, but I love trolls. I tortured my Barbies.

It is of no concern to me if one is rich or poor, healthy or sick, at some time or another life will be pretty difficult for everyone. That is one of the reasons why my figures do not smile.

It's an odd thing about this universe that, though we all disagree with each other, we are all of us always in the right.

rain is one thing the British do better than anybody else.

There is no doctrine of the Reason which will bear to be taught by the Understanding.