Marks on paper are free - free speech - press - pictures all go together I suppose.
What is most needed in Darfur is an international peacekeeping and protection presence, and this is what the Sudanese government most wants to avoid.
One of the things that a president needs in the face of genocide is resolve.
'Acting as if. . . ' I decided, ridiculously in retrospect, that my experience covering women's volleyball for my college newspaper was sufficient for me to at least try to become a war correspondent.
Brokenness is the operative issue of our time - broken souls, broken hearts, broken places.
From Richard Holbrooke - and I miss him every day - I learned two things. One, prioritization: Never take your eye off the longer-term reforms. The other thing is, he was a hell of a schmoozer! So I should take advantage of my Irish love of beer and gift of the gab, and build relationships. That's a cherished part of the job, asking someone, "How did you get to be the Rwandan ambassador?" I try to take advantage of the fact that I hope to be here at least until the president's term ends getting to know my colleagues.
Countries that intervene militarily rarely do so out of pure altruism.
People don't understand that my films is not about being scandalous - it's about being critical of our own society.
I do have high standards, but I don't expect anything from anyone that I don't expect from myself.
One of the cosmic laws, I think, is that whatever we hold in our thought will come true in our experience.
Perhaps the very best question that you can memorize and repeat, over and over, is, 'what is the most valuable use of my time right now?'