Drama assumes an order. If only so that it might have - by disrupting that order - a way of surprising.

If a single writer in a country is in chains, then there are some links of that chain that binds us all.

Without a global revolution in the sphere of human consciousness a more humane society will not emerge.

Frank Zappa was one of the gods of the Czech underground, I thought of him as a friend. Whenever I feel like escaping from the world of the Presidency, I think of him.

Education is the ability to perceive the hidden connections between phenomena.

I personally think President [Hosni] Mubarak, who's done a lot for Egypt, should acknowledge that his time has come and step down right away.

There is only one thing I will not concede: that it might be meaningless to strive in a good cause.