Almost as a rule, political dissidents were writers.

A word was more valuable to them when they were not sure of its value. Since they became famous, their word has been more expensive but its value is less.

We don’t know who was tricked by whom. Did the writer deceive the word, or did the word deceive the writer?

A number is still very accurate, but its role is changed.In the changed role this number enriches the silence.

In its proper role, a number counts the missing words.

Unwritten words grow out of silence.

Many writers were better before they became famous.

There are literary works that speak for themselves and there are writers who boast through work.

Names do not write poems nor do they create work.

Anyone who writes can be called a writer because they write.

What are all these writers fighting for? For their own victory or for the victory of their profession?

Every civilization is a fruit from the sturdy tree of barbarism, and falls at the greatest distance from its trunk.

I’ve been so caught up with mapping out a picture-perfect “forever” that I’m completely neglecting my present, which I have far more control over anyway.

It was darkly rumoured that the butler, regarding him with favour such as that stern man had never shown before to mortal boy, had sometimes mingled porter with his table beer to make him strong.

"Get Rich or Die Tryin". That's the universal struggle. When I say it it might seem a bit negative but if a working class person says it it means they're determined.

I had a ton of animals; I had a goat growing up, a bunch of rabbits, a vegetable garden.

Sexism is real and it persists in film and television. I've seen female directors openly undermined by male cinematographers in front of the entire crew

Any piece of knowledge I acquire today has a value at this moment exactly proportional to my skill to deal with it. Tomorrow, when I know more, I recall that piece of knowledge and use it better.

For many, immaturity is an ideal, not a defect.

They say, 'To serve is to love,' and I think to serve is to heal, too.