I Use A Lot Of Film Images,

Diplomacy In A Sense Is The Opposite Of Writing. You Have To Disperse Yourself So Much: The Lady Who Comes In Crying Because Shes Had A Fight With The Secretary; Exports And Imports; Students In Trouble; Thumbtacks For The Embassy.

There Is No Creation Without Tradition. No One Creates From Nothing.

What's Happened At The Abu Ghraib Prison In Iraq Is One Of The Grossest Violations Of Human Rights Under The Geneva Conventions That We Have Record Of. It Is Simply Monstrous.

I Need, Therefore I Imagine.

The Great Wheel Of Fire Of Ancient Wisdom, Silence And Word Engendering The Myth Of The Origin, Human Action Engendering The Epic Voyage Toward The Other; Historical Violence Revealing The Tragic Flaw Of The Hero Who Must Then Return To The Land Of Origin; Myth Of Death And Renewal And Silence From Which New Words And Images Will Arise, Keeps On Turning In Spite Of The Blindness Of Purely Lineal Thought.