"There are a variety of reasons. Not all Western leaders are equal. We have to make a certain separation from naïve Americans and Europeans. These are two different categories. For the Europeans, it affects the image of the "New Europe." The false image of Europe is that it is peaceful, separate from the past. Now the image of the New Europe is a radically false image."

“Be mindful of the link between present action and desired future outcome. Ask yourself: if I repeat today’s actions 365 times, will I be where I want to be in a year?”

“I'm addicted to a really tough workout. I like to be drenched in sweat when I'm done because I feel accomplished.”

“I'm a damaged person, but I have hope and a will to not give up.”

Source : "'A heart that hurts is a heart that works. I will beat my anorexia'". Interview with David Smith, www.theguardian.com. November 22, 2008.

“Nothing I do can't be done by a ten-year-old...with fifteen years of practice.”

“I've always resented Hermione, because I wanted to be her so badly and she never seemed to appreciate as much as I thought she should that she got be her. She got to live at Hogwarts and be friends with Harry and kiss Ron, which was supposed to happen to me.”

Source : Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.74, Knopf Books for Young Readers

“The role of art is to make a world which can be inhabited.”

Source : Broadway memorial tribute to Saroyan, reported in The New York Times, October 31, 1983.

“Then there's Johnny Pesky, hit me countless number of ground balls and improved my fielding so much.”

“Living "in" a story, being part of a narrative, is much more satisfying than living without one. I don't always know what narrative it is, because I'm living my life and not always reflecting on it, but as I edit these pages I am aware that I have an urge to see my sometimes random wandering as having a plot, a purpose guided by some underlying story.”