The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
I don't think you need to be sad to write a sad song.
The best biographies are those that make the reader feel they have met the subject in person.
The true test of leadership is not what you do when you're being watched, but what you do when you're alone.
The poet's duty is to illuminate the darkness.
The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best.