Celebration of the Human Voice--- When it is genuine, when it is born of the need to speak, no one can stop the human voice. When denied a mouth, it speaks with the hands or the eyes, or the pores, or anything at all. Because every single one of us has something to say to the others, something that deserves to be celebrated or forgiven by others.

The division of labor among nations is that some specialize in winning and others in losing.

There are some writers who feel they are elected by God. I am not. I am elected by the devil - this is clear.

I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: 'A pretty move, for the love of God.' And when good soccer happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don't give a damn which team or country performs it.

The ways of change are dictated by the circumstances of each country, each place and each time. I don't think that arrogant intellectuals should be dictating to the people which way they should be heading. I think we should be listening to the people, see in which directions things are developing. People are walking where they can, not where they want to. But they are walking!

Richness in the world is a result of other people's poverty. We should begin to shorten the abyss between haves and have-nots.

Because every single one of us has something to say to the others, something that deserves to be celebrated or forgiven by others