As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved - it's the citizen who changes things.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see.

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich.

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers.

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has military installations in Uzbekistan.

Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes.

A journey never ends. Only the travellers end.

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being?

We use words to understand each other and even, sometimes, to find each other.

No human being can achieve all he or she desires in this life except in dreams, so good night all.

A military leader thinks about casualties and losses, but a strategic one only aims the win.

The way you see me is the way I am.

To be successful, keep looking tanned, live in an elegant building (even if you're in the cellar), be seen in smart restaurants (even if you only nurse one drink) and if you borrow, borrow big.

You can't find any true closeness in Hollywood, because everybody does the fake closeness so well.

Only sterility is noble and dignified. Only killing what never was is elevated and perverse and absurd.

Pay close attention to any flame of enthusiasm.

Making a movie is a long, dull process. There's a lot of waiting around.

Can't reinvent the wheel. But you can put your own spin on it.

If you must hate, if hatred is the leaven of your life, which alone can give flavor, then hate what should be hated: falsehood, violence, selfishness.

I don't really see myself as an actor.