The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has military installations in Uzbekistan.

Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole democratic system would have to be rethought.

Whether we like it or not, the one justification for the existence of all religions is death, they need death as much as we need bread to eat.

Lord knows why they depict death with wings when death is everywhere.

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them so that each might express a tiny part of what it is.

I don't think it is worth explaining how a character's nose or chin looks. It is my feeling that readers will prefer to construct, little by little, their own character—the author will do well to entrust the reader with this part of the work.

I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States? And in how many countries does the United States not have military bases?