"Our tragic age demands poetry of courage and not whimpers about the inevitable end of all maya."

"They used to have clauses and contracts where you can't get bad publicity or you'd get fired. But now bad publicity is good publicity. I just keep working and don't think about it much."

"Takeovers wouldn't cause the stock market to rise unless there is an upward reassessment of earnings . People are more optimistic and confident about the future."

"I believe that there are varying points of contact. You have to be able to see the whole thing first. All great paintings are sculptures – there's so much of the factualness about it that a great pain…"

"I was born in Havana and my family left when I was five-and-a-half. I remember the transition and some memories of being in Havana. I tried to analyze this and I think all exiles who have to leave a c…"