There is a proverb that says, ‘Talk so that I may know who you are.’ But I say, ‘Show me your eyes and I will know who you are.

To be creative means to connect. It's to abolish the gap between the body, the mind and the soul, between science and art, between fiction and nonfiction.

Women are half the society. You cannot have a revolution without women. You cannot have democracy without women. You cannot have equality without women. You can't have anything without women.

Danger has been a part of my life ever since I picked up a pen and wrote. Nothing is more perilous than truth in a world that lies.

She is free to do what she wants, and free not to do it.

When we live in a world that is very unjust, you have to be a dissident.

Solidarity between women can be a powerful force of change, and can influence future development in ways favourable not only to women but also to men.

All the men I did get to know, every single man of them, has filled me with but one desire: to lift my hand and bring it smashing down on his face.

If you are creative, you must be dissident.

To have arrived at the truth means that one no longer fears death. For death and truth are similar in that they both require a great courage if one wishes to face them.

To me, 'beauty' means to be natural, creative, honest - to say the truth.

I like to test myself and see where I am and how I am against other people in this sport. I think that's the real draw for me.

If your head is made of wax, don't walk in the sun

I don't believe in villains - just people who channel their energy in the wrong way.

Ultimately the love can become so big that we can love the whole of creation instead of 'I love this but I don't like that.'

To celebrate a festival means: to live out, for some special occasion and in an uncommon manner, the universal assent to the world as a whole.

When I went in, my editor said, ‘I hope you don’t think you’re a writer.’ And I said, ‘I hope you don’t think I’m a journalist.’ And, uh, turned out we were both right.

I haven't bought anything excessive. I do plan on buying an island and filling it with baby tigers, though.

I feel like it's almost my purpose to speak up about my experience so it could help somebody else.

I myself always want to talk about "poetry," not "the poem."

The Bush administration doesn't particularly like public participation. It makes them look bad.