[The official prosecutors] ... were more vengeful on behalf of our injuries than I myself could ever be.

[The] Japanese were a people in a profound, inverse, reverse, or if I preferred it, even perverse sense, more in love with death than living.

The challenge is to just focus on what's actually happening, focus on the people who get it, and focus on the people who are listening.

Artists who don't paint aren't artists.

You really need to be careful of who you hang out with and who you listen to. They can lead you down the wrong path.

I still write what I need to write - but I can't deny that something has changed when I think about sending work out. Maybe it's just growing older and feeling more responsible to the world.

The duty of the branch is to cling to the vine.

Obviously with every new album we make, we always have to believe in it and feel we've gone in the right direction.

Eternal blessings crown my earliest friend, And round his dwelling guardian saints attend.

General ideas are essences. They are our gods: they round and ennoble the most partial and sordid way of living.

Meditation is the process of quieting one's mind, and letting go of the worries and stress of life.

Books ARE a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.