All Quotes

Education is lacking in most of those who pontificate. ”

My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems, seeing a painting, listening to some music, some opera, which has nothing at all to do with a volatile human condition or struggle or whatever. It enriches me as a human being. ”

Writers and intellectuals have a duty to humanity. It is to insist that the human entity remains the primary asset in overall development; thus, it must be safeguarded. ”

No human is completely fearless. ”

Human life has meaning only to that degree and as long as it is lived in the service of humanity. ”

Before you're a writer, you're a citizen, a human being, and therefore the weapons of the citizen are at your disposal to use or not use. ”

My understanding of the creative process is simply that all cultures and all concerns meet at a certain point, the human point in which everything is related to one another. That has been my creative experience. I never know who's influencing me at any time. ”

Politics, I believe, is a full-time occupation. ”

Each time I think I've created time for myself, along comes a throwback to disrupt my private space. ”

An excessive amount of my time is taken with political involvement. It's unavoidable; that's my temperament. ”