F. Sionil Jose

We are shallow because our media are so horribly shallow. Every morning, I peruse the papers, and there is so little to read in them. It is the same with radio - all that noise, that artifice.

When I wake up every morning, I thank God for the new day.

We are shallow because we are 'mayabang,' ego driven, and do not have the humility to understand that we are only human, much too human to mistake knowledge for wisdom.

I am convinced that the reason so many fans leave Dodger Stadium after the seventh inning is that they become bored.

I reached for sleep and drew it round me like a blanket muffling pain and thought together in the merciful dark.

I confess that I listen to my own music for my own pleasure.