We always think that everybody can do a little bit more, if not a lot more.

I have been free for more than a month. Some people may think that that is long enough. Others may think that that is not quite long enough.

Sanctions and boycotts would be tied to serious political dialogue.

When we think of the state of the economy, we are not thinking in terms of money flow. We are thinking in terms of the effect on everyday lives of people.

Once serious political dialogue has begun, the international community can assume that we have achieved genuine progress along the road to real democratisation.

I saw many aspects of the country which I needed to see in order that I might know what we need to do.

I was surprised by the response of young people because there is a perception that those younger than the 1988 generation are not interested in politics.

Confidence-building is not something that can go on forever. If it goes on forever then it becomes counterproductive.

We always think that everybody can do a little bit more, if not a lot more.

We are not out to boast that there is so much percentage of growth per year. Our real concern is how it affects the lives of people, the future of our country.

We will not change in matters of policy until such time as dialogue has begun.

A more significant phase should mean serious political dialogue.

Whatever help we may want from the international community now or in the future, we want to make sure that this help is tailored to help our people to help themselves.

We want to empower our people; we want to strengthen them; we want to provide them with the kind of qualifications that will enable them to build up their own country themselves.

There is so much that we need to do for our country. I don't think that we can afford to wait.

I don't want Burma to be a basket case forever.

I have both exploited and been exploited in the print field.

I had a vision how it should sound and I put all my knowledge into this product and it is a fantastic product. People still tell me that I have the best musical thing there.

Racism is a moral catastrophe, most graphically seen in the prison industrial complex and targeted police surveillance in black and brown ghettos rendered invisible in public discourse.

'Pastoralia' by George Saunders. Possibly my favorite book. It's one of the weirdest books I've ever read. If Monty Python and Thomas Pynchon had a love child, and it was raised by Frank Zappa on a weird commune, that would be this book.

I've been influenced by some of the greatest designers. Charles Eames. And Bruno Munari in the '50s in Italy - when they had to retool the industry of war into an industry to help society. In a way, I'm influenced by designers that were there at a radical time of change.

Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul; however keen our intellects may be, they are as unable to comprehend them as to comprehend God, for, as He has told us, He created us in His own image and likeness.

I've always liked fairy tale and spectacle. I wouldn't say I was a fantasy fan, but anything beyond reality I've always found exciting - the work of David Lynch, the work of Tim Burton. But for me, I also love those things that are absolutely about human relationships.

Jesus did not always like the Apostles' way of acting, but by adapting himself to their temperament, praying for them to his father, giving them a holy example of conduct, he loved them, and that love changed them.

I think being on a set where people aren't being treated as equals, and with just a common level of decency and respect, is really uncomfortable.

Everyone seemed to want a piece of Ronald Reagan. It was maddening.

Any creative process comes with a level of self-analysis and self-criticism. There's a lot of waking up in the middle of the night going, 'Oh, I wish I had done that differently.'

The problem is when that fun stuff becomes the habit. And I think that's what's happened in our culture. Fast food has become the everyday meal.

I don't intentionally make my films with the express goal of surprising the viewer.

Reader, I married him.

The one thing I do like is lotion and moisture on my hands and face. I love to have my face moisturized. I like different ones. I like Natura Bisse.

I am tough. Sometimes I'm unreasonable. I have to catch myself every once in a while.

Some would argue that you're as successful as the company you keep. Certainly there is a connection between our friends and who we are.

For me, art is such a wide concept - anything can be art.

You can't just keep recycling revivals. And you can't keep betting on the efforts of guys like me who've been around. You have to take the next step and bet on the next generation.

I'm glad to have shown myself able to do other things rather than people thinking, 'Oh, he'll just do the same as his dad.' Dad was a brilliant actor, but it just so happened he was five foot five and a half, fat and bald.

I want to make an album with just great beats and big vocals and just amazing lyrics.

Every woman in her late 20s goes through a period where she just doesn't believe love is out there anymore, but it is. And I think the minute you stop looking for it is when it comes for you.

Personally, sometimes I'll lament the journey of an Asian-American actor, walking into audition rooms in 1999.

The election of the nationalist Chen Shui-bian as president in 2000 and his re-election in 2004 was a nadir in the relationship between Taiwan and the mainland.