Humor is serious work. But it keeps everybody at the table.

A single conversation can change things.

What is the task of the translator? I think the task depends on the book and on the translator.

I've never had the impulse for someone else to translate me into my own language. My impulse has always been to translate someone else into mine.

It would be great if I woke up tomorrow and could speak Persian. Wouldn't you love to wake and have a language in your mind that wasn't there the night before?

To have made a coat of words and cloaked yourself in it.

Act to make your vision a reality.

Some people are each envious of the person they used to be.

Learn this now and learn it well. Like a compass facing north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. Always. You remember that, Mariam.

Words matter, words have import.

A real man can use power, rather than let power use him

I'm not a deaf musician. I'm a musician who happens to be deaf.

A noble deed is a step toward God.

When evaluating a model, at least two broad standards are relevant. One is whether the model is consistent with the data. The other is whether the model is consistent with the 'real world.'

Why not make a daily pleasure out a daily necessity.

I think there will be 20 years of evolution from linear broadcast to internet television.