To write is to resist; to create is to defy oblivion.
The proof of a system's value is its existence.
The most beautiful as well as the most ugly inclinations of man are not part of a fixed biologically given nature, but result from the social process which creates man.
"If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it."
"I want to be remembered for my music, not my persona."