Well, my relationship to America at the time I left was very limited. – Harry Mathews
Translation is the paradigm, the exemplar of all writing. It is translation that demonstrates most vividly the yearning for transformation that underlies every act involving speech, that supremely human gift. – Harry Mathews
Well, I had this little notion – I started writing when I was eleven, writing poetry. I was passionately addicted to it it was my great refuge through adolescence. – Harry Mathews
My next project is to get back to that. Actually, to learn how to write poetry. Im not kidding. – Harry Mathews
Ive definitely, you know, been with women. And Ive had great relationships with them where I was definitely in love. Its just I grew to a point where deep inside I knew that I could never truly have a relationship with a woman. I dont know if they ever suspected. It was never brought up. – Lance Bass
See, thats why Baracks running: to end the war in Iraq responsibly – to build an economy that lifts every family, to make sure health care is available for every American – and to make sure that every child in this nation has a world-class education all the way from preschool to college. – Michelle Obama