I had forgotten how much light there is in the world, till you gave it back to me.

Artists are people who are not at all interested in the facts - only in the truth.

A scientist can pretend that his work isn't himself, it's merely the impersonal truth. An artist can't hide behind the truth. He can't hide anywhere.

I know that nobody who hasn't been in battle or under attack can know what war is. But even in terms of being safe at home, it's also true that many Americans who think they know what being at war is, don't. Including, of course, George W. Bush and his people. They don't have a clue.

It did not matter, after all. He was only one man. One man's fate is not important. "If it is not, what is?" He could not endure those remembered words.

What good is power when you're too wise to use it?

To see a candle's light one must take it into a dark place.