In the waking dreams our societies permit, in our myths, our arts, our songs, we celebrate the nonbelongers, the different ones, the outlaws, the freaks.

A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second.

One of the characteristics of mudslinging is that mud sticks if it's thrown with enough force for long enough.

One of the things I know from the study of history is that history surprises you. History is not written. It's not inevitable.The victory of evil is not certain.

But love is what we want, not freedom. Who then is the unluckier man? The beloved, who is given his heart's desire and must for ever after fear its loss, or the free man, with his unlooked-for liberty, naked and alone between the captive armies of the earth?

Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.

If there is a choice between absolute safety and freedom, then freedom must always prevail.