I Believe An International Criminal Court Is

The Speech We Hear Is An Indication Of That Which We Don't Hear. It Is A Necessary Avoidance, A Violent, Sly, And Anguished Or Mocking Smoke Screen Which Keeps The Other In Its True Place. When True Silence Falls We Are Left With Echo But Are Nearer Nakedness. One Way Of Looking At Speech Is To Say That It Is A Constant Stratagem To Cover Nakedness.

I Don't Intend To Simply Go Away And Write My Plays And Be A Good Boy. I Intend To Remain An Independent And Political Intelligence In My Own Right.

Good Writing Excites Me, And Makes Life Worth Living.

Nothing Is More Sterile Or Lamentable Than The Man Content To Live Within Himself.

In Cuba I Have Always Understood Harsh Treatment Of Dissenting Voices As Stemming From A "siege Situation" Imposed Upon It From Outside. And I Believe That To A Certain Extent That Is True.