Officialdom is hostile to inquiring outsiders.

I know enough to know that no woman should ever marry a man who hated his mother.

Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit.

Thousand got away to other countries; thousands returned to Spain tempted by false promises of kindness. By the tens of thousands, these Spaniards died of neglect in the concentration camps.

After a lifetime of war-watching, I see war as an endemic human disease, and governments are the carriers.

Nothing is better for self-esteem than survival.

I do not see myself as a footnote to someone else's life.

Public opinion, though slow as lava, in the end forces governments towards more sanity, more justice. My heroes and heroines are all private citizens.

All politicians are bores and liars and fakes. I talk to people.

In November you begin to know how long the winter will be.

Freedom' is the most expensive possession there is; it has to be paid for with loneliness.

Man is the candle light and a woman is the moonlight. They live far away but can grow together during lonesome nights.

Sorrowers tend to avoid what they are most fond of and try to give vent to their grief.

I am shedding.I am not a new me.I am my old me in my new me.I remain, carved with the soul of my knife.My mess scattered all over my countenance. I am me. Take me as I am.

Their Love said, “Made for Each Other”Our Love says, “Made from Each Other

There are no mistakes, just happy accidents.

Everything gets old if you do it often enough.

As far as I'm concerned there shouldn't be a single boot on the ground. There's enough American blood in Iraq that lasts forever.

Reviews about film acting are very... tricky, because movies are such a collaborative thing.

Up there with my awards, I have a great big statue of Groucho Marx, just to put everything in perspective.

If someone has a boy who gets to age 18 without something [a bone] being fractured, that kid has been overly controlled.