Bono

There is a root arrogance in any writer; a hugely arrogant assumption that anyone is going to listen to them.

In general people put too much faith in the rich, the famous, the politicians, and not enough faith in themselves.

You don't become an 'artist' unless you've got something missing somewhere. Blaise Pascal called it a God-shaped hole. Everyone's got one but some are blacker and wider than others. It's a feeling of being abandoned,cut adrift in space and time-sometimes following the loss of a loved one. You can never completely fill that hole-you can try with songs,family,faith and by living a full life...but when things are silent, you can still hear the hissing of what's missing.

Every age has its massive moral blind spots. We might not see them, but our children will.

Dream up the kind of world you want to live in. Dream out loud.