“I think that little by little I'll be able to solve my problems and survive.”

“The conservation of natural resources is the fundamental problem. Unless we solve that problem it will avail us little to solve all others”

“The monk solved his immediate problem by giving a little whimper and fainting.”

“That's the problem with survival of the fittest ... the corpse at your fett. That little inconvenience.”

“It goes against the American storytelling grain to have someone in a situation he can't get out of, but I think this is very usual in life. [...] And it strikes me as gruesome and comical that in our culture we have an expectation that a man can always solve his problems. There is an implication that if you just have a little more energy, a little more fight, the problem can always be solved. That is so untrue that it makes me want to cry--or laugh.”

“In a time when I need a little hope I look at a photo of where I call home and think of the moment I'll have when I go back with my trials and struggles carried in a box able to be let free and turn into achievements and happiness.”