"We tend to forget that every revolution or social change is like a tree — it grows from the bottom up, not the top down. However small it may seem to begin, that does not matter because it will grow."

"Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."

"It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than watch it accumulate."

"God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions."