And in a situation of war, we all experience it in much the same way, either as victim or perpetrator. So I’m not narrating a particular story. I’m just addressing experiences.

In art, everything is particular. The more particular and the more intimate you get, the more you can give in the piece.

Political events are part of everyday life [in Colombia], so art and politics came to me as a natural thing, something that has been very much present in my life from the start.

This is the right timeThey are the right peopleWill it be enough for mankind?From "The Rishis: Book of Secrets.

Dear Mrs. Black: On seven prior occasions this company has denied your claim in writing. We now deny it for the eighth and final time. You must be stupid, stupid stupid, stupid!

Moments fly and if you don’t fly with the moments, you remain on the ground apart from the moments while the moments are flying!

The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a military rat hole is worse than it ever was, the wars across the earth are worse than they ever were.

The one thing I always said to myself was that when baseball started to feel more like a job, it would be time to move forward.

Half the rhymes you write, you're saying that you're better than the other MC. That's how we keep the craft sharp.

I've no use for talking, would just as soon store paper clips in my mouth.

["A Deal with God"] was the first single off Hounds of Love. I'd put a lot of work into putting that album together and I wanted it to have every chance.

I wonder what all those Chinese poets sound like in Chinese. I like their distilled quality.

Fix upon your ideal of what you wish to make of yourself.