“I have spent a great deal of my life being part of minorities. Some of...” — Antonio Munoz Molina Quote

I have spent a great deal of my life being part of minorities. Some of the people I admire the most in the world have had the courage to defend, against wind and tide, minority viewpoints in those frightening times when any disagreement with universal conformity is identified as treason.

As a writer, you live in permanent self-doubt; you're on permanent trial.

One can criticize the Israeli government, but it is not fair to judge the people of Israel.

A few British suffragettes everybody laughed at started the cause of equality between men and women.

Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway.

Howard Dean has been successful because he was clear in his opposition to the war. People appreciate a politician with the courage to say, I oppose this war.

I was inspired by my son on the song 'The Most Beautiful People Are Broken.' Life is an extra challenge for him. But he does it all with such great grace and courage.

In acting, there's a type of courage you're recognized for all the time. You lose 100 pounds and play a guy with AIDS, and you get rewarded. But, in life, doing what is courageous is quiet, and no one knows about it. Courage is someone making sacrifices for their family or making selfless decisions for what they hope or feel.