Nelson Mandela will always be the face of South Africa. The traveler passing through the country will see Mandela's face almost everywhere he looks. Truly, the man is omnipresent.

perfection. I have been waiting all my life to be with you. My heart slams against my ribs when I think of the slaughtered nights I spent all over the world waiting to feel your touch.

I live my life through the prism of capitalism and physiological limits and eventualities.

I try to be well informed. I don't know how well I do all the time, but I try nonetheless.

If you're crazy enough to put your hat into the ring of speculation and punditry, you're going to get some turbulence. But if it's coming from some journalist with a comfortable degree of body fat, I'm not losing any sleep over it.

I am a pretty crazy person, so it's best for me to be on my own most of the time.

I read a bit of Ray Bradbury when I was a younger man. I don't read a lot of fiction anymore... like, none.