"If authors have any responsibilities in the face of disaster, the greatest of them is to bear witness...I’ve always cared about how the weak survive great upheavals. The individuals who are left out — they’ve always been my chief concern."

"As we develop, as we focus on our econ, we cannot forget the need to lead on the global fight against climate change. Here in the Asia Pacific, nobody has more at stake when it comes to thinking about…"

"He was a bad acquaintance for a placid, sedentary soul like me, for though he could work like a Trojan when the fit took him, he was never at the same job very long. In the same week he would harass a…"

"You know, if you're an American and you're born at this time in history especially, you're lucky. We all are. We won the world history Powerball lottery, but a little modesty about it might keep the h…"

"I think that it will be a great success, that all this painting , so fresh, so vital, will electrify the 'Palais des Beaux Arts' , which is accustomed to dead art. It will be the revenge for so many r…"