The World Is Not Divided Into Two

You Can't Spend Your Whole Life Criticizing Something And Then, When You Have The Chance To Do It Better, Refuse To Go Near It.

The Only Thing I Can Recommend At This Stage Is A Sense Of Humor, An Ability To See Things In Their Ridiculous And Absurd Dimensions, To Laugh At Others And At Ourselves, A Sense Of Irony Regarding Everything That Calls Out For Parody In This World. In Other Words, I Can Only Recommend Perspective And Distance.

There Is Only One Art, Whose Sole Criterion Is The Power, The Authenticity, The Revelatory Insight, The Courage And Suggestiveness With Which It Seeks Its Truth. ... Thus, From The Standpoint Of The Work And Its Worth It Is Irrelevant To Which Political Ideas The Artist As A Citizen Claims Allegiance, Which Ideas He Would Like To Serve With His Work Or Whether He Holds Any Such Ideas At All.

English Is The 'language Of Liberty' For Nations Emerging From Years Of Cultural Oppression.

Work For Something Because It Is Good, Not Just Because It Stands A Chance To Succeed.