Your questions are false if you already know the answer.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see.

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich.

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers.

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has military installations in Uzbekistan.

Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes.

A journey never ends. Only the travellers end.

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being?

We use words to understand each other and even, sometimes, to find each other.

No human being can achieve all he or she desires in this life except in dreams, so good night all.

Be fearless like a newborn that is born with love and hope.

If you're spending your entire early 20s chasing the next party, what are you running away from?

Israeli occupation exposes us very young to the extremes of our emotions, until we cannot feel except in the extreme.

My ears sort of turn off when someone tells me that what my heart is saying isn’t a good idea.

A leader, you see, is one of the things that distinguishes a mob from a people.

Competing pressures tempt one to believe that an issue deferred is a problem avoided; more often it is a crisis invited.

I came from dinner, went downtown with my friends, the elevator was down, I ran down the hall toward my room at 10 at night, having had two glasses of wine.

Focus on the positives and be grateful.

I feel that the world is in a really dangerous place and it scares me.

Nobody becomes Tom Wolfe overnight, not even Tom Wolfe.