We're often told that we live in a globalized world, and we talk about it all the time, but people don't stop to think about what it means.

So when I say that I am a refugee, you must understand that there is no refuge.

A scar is never ugly. That is what the scar makers want us to think. A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.

Looking after a very sick child was the Olympics of parenting.

A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.

At some point you just have to turn around and face your life head on.

Our own personal brand of courage - in relationships, in conflict, in our principles ­ - is as unique as our fingerprints.

I’m telling you, trouble is like the ocean. It covers two thirds of the world.

I could not stop talking because now I had started my story, it wanted to be finished. We cannot choose where to start and stop. Our stories are the tellers of us.

We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, 'I survived'.

It is certainly impossible to imagine forgiving the enemy while their animus remains undefeated.

I could be living the best and happiest of lives if only I were not a fool.

As long as one person reads the bullshit I put on paper, and likes it, i'll keep writing.

Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?

Running clears my mind, and gives me a reason to get out of bed in the morning.

I think in reality the Japanese have to make changes in monetary policy, otherwise we're still going to be dealing with some upward pressure on the yen against the dollar.

The mechanics of putting one spot of color next to another, that is the fundamental thing.

Learn to labour and to wait.

It takes truth, and it takes speaking truth to power, but because the stranglehold is so tight it seems to take something else - a real political threat.

I am not a piece of hash. I'm in charge of Factory Records. I think.

There are two things I don't care how smart you are, you will never understand. One is an alienist's testimony, and the other is a railroad timetable.