"To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the moment of waking to the moment of sleep."

"The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It's people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages."

"People who believe that they are white, and act on that belief, have to remain in a state of moral arrest."

"All of us know, whether we say it or not, that life is a battle."

"The whole language of love, in this country, is terribly debased."