An oppressed people will always rise.

It’s only when we can work with something that brings out our strengths that we’re of any real use.

Have I ever written anything that has really changed something? What I believe is that you can't change anything without using art. I believe that the drops wear away the stone. I try to be part of that army.

It struck me as I listened to those two men that a truer nomination (name) for our species than Homo sapiens might be Homo narrans, the storytelling person. What differentiates us from animals is the fact that we can listen to other people’s dreams, fears, joys, sorrows, desires and defeats–and they in turn can listen to ours.

You think you know everything about a person, but the truth often comes as a surprise.

The stories I create are never as awful as reality.

Life is a flimsy branch over an abyss.