Paper is a uniquely beautiful format, more so than the web, I think: you need to invest in the aesthetics.

We are unusual and tragic and alive.

I met a lot of great people in Saudi Arabia and I'd like to see them again. And I'd love to spend more time in the desert and in the mountains. I felt really at home there.

Dignity is an affectation, cute but eccentric, like learning French or collecting scarves.

We must do extraordinary things. We have to. It would be absurd not to.

Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.

Better to be at the bottom of a ladder you want to climb than in the middle of some ladder you don’t, right?

Here I am Rock You Like a Hurricane.

Again the greatest use of a human was to be useful. Not to consume, not to watch, but to do something for someone else that improved their life, even for a few minutes.

But everyone disappears, no matter who loves them.

Pain comes at me and I take it, chew it for a few minutes, and spit it back out. It's just not my thing anymore.

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.

Men create real miracles when they use their God-given courage and intelligence.

If you are wise you won't be deceived by the innocent airs of those whom you have once found to be dangerous.

Africa needs access to markets.

I don't intend to stop showing a little cleavage. Nor do I intend to stop flashing a little thigh.

The class struggle necessarily leads to the dictatorship of the proletariat.

The Unity Band project has been life-changing for me. I have led many groups of talented musicians, but this is unlike anything else.

Do you think we should drive a stake through his heart just in case?

I also play fiddle, banjo and mandolin.