We live in the age of the refugee, the age of the exile.

Responsibility without power, the fate of the secretary through the ages.

We can live with lots of things, but we can't live without imagination, we can't live without hope.

Those who have never suffered the iniquities of exile cannot possibly understand the significance, the gravitas, of a mattress.

You can survive with anger, but you can't live with it forever.

I'm the most communal person that exists and a very solitary person. So I think writing is a form of getting to the community and being alone, and it's the best of both possible worlds.

There's a tendency, especially among revolutionaries, to only show the good side of yourself and then when you come to power, the bad side comes out.

I don't believe in God, but I believe in angels.

Most writers who leave their country physically have already left it mentally and emotionally.

This America has been the country of greed rather than the country of need.

I feel as if I can take Indian stories, make them mine and take them to the world.

Don't let your fear hold you back, Jaz.” - Alf Abrahamsen

If, one day, you find yourself involved in a dirty game, keep in mind that you end up screwed unless you screw your opponent over.

You never know when you put out an album that's unique whether it'll get beat up for it or not.

Whatever it took to help Taiwan defend theirself.

And, over the last thirty years we have seen men's participation in both housework and childcare has increased and women's have stayed at about the same.

From the beginning. I was a poem-writing child. I wrote little novels in my composition book when I was eight, nine years old.

I've got a Championship game to play and I'm excited about the opportunity of my damn strong football team to play in it.

The U.S. has already suffered a devastating attack on September 11, 2001, and may again become a target.

Lil Wayne is talented. He seems to be the dominant figure in this particular era of hip-hop. So you know, he's doing his thing.

It is true that whisky improves with age. The older I get, the more I like it.