Desire Consumes You, It Takes You Over.

Survival Is An Art. It Requires The Dulling Of The Mind And The Senses, And A Delicate Attunement To Waiting, Without Insisting On Precision About Just What It Is You Are Waiting For.

To Nourish Children And Raise Them Against Odds Is In Any Time, Any Place, More Valuable Than To Fix Bolts In Cars Or Design Nuclear Weapons.

One Thing That Makes Art Different From Life Is That In Art Things Have A Shape... It Allows Us To Fix Our Emotions On Events At The Moment They Occur, It Permits A Union Of Heart And Mind And Tongue And Tear.

I Believe That All Human Beings Are Equal. I Believe That No One Has The Right To Authority Over Anyone Else.

Even Disasters -- There Are Always Disasters When You Travel -- Can Be Turned Into Adventures.