Maybe if we knew whatother people were thinking, we'd know that no one's ordinary. And we all deservea standing ovation at least once in our lives.

The speech we hear is an indication of that which we don't hear. It is a necessary avoidance, a violent, sly, anguished or mocking smokescreen which keeps the other in its place.

"I write about tyrants not because I fear them, but because I refuse to let them own my imagination."

It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.

Your 20s are the most defining decade of your life.

I think the most important thing is to be honest with yourself and with others.