The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong.

Freedom is when one hears the bell at seven o'clock in the morning and knows it is the milkman and not the Gestapo.

I have plumbed the depth of human cowardice and I realized that there is only one way to be right, and that is to be in power.

If we had not been dealing with the devil in person, we could have saved Algeria.

Africa is destined to anarchy. It is turning into 36 Haitis, with 36 Duvaliers, full of Cadillacs, beggars and snarling dogs.

The weak have one weapon - the errors of those who think they are strong.

Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

I’m interested in people’s darker side, the ones that aren’t easy and well balanced. The cracks.

You hear horror stories about scary mothers who just want their kids to be famous. I could be waitressing in a restaurant, and my mum would be happy as long as I was happy.

I have a wish. It as a fear as well - that in my end will be my beginning.

I came to New York when I was 21, 22. I couldn't speak English. I knew I wanted to go to fashion school.

I did a lot of writing when I was in college, and that's what I thought I wanted to do; saying that I wanted to be a writer seemed more reasonable than saying I wanted to be a musician.

As a kid, I sensed history going on all around me, but the basic thrust of it didn't move me.

It's fun to come back to the town where I went to school and see all the new Wildcat players

Steps are what you take when you think you have forever.

Illiteracy is a huge problem in America. One in three adults in our country is illiterate.