Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.

Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the virus dies, or both die.

I think that Africa has made quite rapid progress and a lot of the conflicts that we saw on the continent have abated.

I wrote in the 'War of Art' that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better.