' I THINK OF PICASSO and how he reacted to the bombing of Guernica. How he translated his pain and horror into a monumental work that moves and teaches us to this day. I return to my wall.'
Patti Smith, singer, reflecting on Sept. 11, Interview (Nov. 2001)

'THE FIRST JOB of a citizen is to keep your mouth open.'
Günter Grass, German novelist

'WHEN I FED THE POOR, they called me a saint. When I asked why are they poor, they called me a communist.'
Dom Hélder Câmara, Brazilian archbishop, Propaganda and the Public Mind (South End Press, 2001)

'A NEWSPAPER IS NOT just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people mad enough to do something about it.'
Mark Twain, as quoted in Eat the State! (Sept. 12, 2001)

'SOME PEOPLE PLAY GOLF, some get drunk—one method isn’t better than another. But if I ever sat down and listened to a guru tell me how to meditate, I would feel like I was having an affair. I would feel disloyal to my own temple.'
Björk, singer, Index Magazine (June/July 2001)

'THOSE WHO HAVE LOST the most in war are also the ones who have the most to gain by putting aside feelings of revenge—going beyond our own cocoon—learning to forgive and making peace with our own painful past.'
Takashi T. Tanemori, Hiroshima survivor Aquarian Times (Summer 2001)

'THE WOMEN I KNOW all blame some other entity for where women are and how women feel about themselves and their bodies. But I’ve developed a new philosophy in the past few years: It’s not ‘their’ fault, it’s our fault. We need to resist, to fight back, to take control for the direction our lives go. There are multi-billion-dollar industries invested in our hating our bodies, our faces, our wrinkles. This self-hatred is enormously profitable. Women have to take responsibility. You can’t blame ‘the men’ or ‘the advertisers.’ '
Camryn Manheim, actor, The Progressive (Oct. 2001)