"The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next."

"I don’t know if I believe in dragons, but I do believe in the people who believe in dragons."

"I am not a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin."

"We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings."

"The creative act is a rebellious act."