In spite of the seven thousand books of expert advice, the right way to disciplne a child is still a mystery to most fathers and...mothers Only your grandmother and Genghis Khan know how to do it.

I did not want to turn to playing golf because golf is about as much exercise as shuffling cards.

...it was the arts, those noble expressions of the human spirit that are communicated through literature, dance, song, film, drama, painting and sculpture, among the many other such creative means, that helped articulate the sufferings of [these] people that were heard around the globe.

Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.

You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.

Because for me it is almost analgesic to talk about what the white man is doing against us. And it keeps a person frozen in their seat, it keeps you frozen in your hole you’re sitting in.

But if that's what you want to be, that's what you will be - as long as you study.