John Barth

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills and proclamations.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Nothing is intrinsically valuable; the value of everything is attributed to it, assigned to it from outside the thing itself, by people.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.

Before I die, I will preach to the Muslims in the Arab world. I will preach in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Iran. I will preach in Tehran. I will do it under the umbrella of God. And see its impact.