“That's why I do this music business thing, it's communication with people without having the extreme inconvenience of actually phoning anybody up.”

“To communicate through silence is a link between the thoughts of man.”

“That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed and cursed with instant communication? We should not fight fire with fire, threats with threats.”

“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.”

“Writing is a communication.”

“On the other hand, the American public possesses a great resilience and strength, and good risk communication strategies can tap into and even amplify those assets.”

“You don't have any communication between the Israelis and the Iranians. You have all sorts of local triggers for conflict. Having countries act on a hair trigger - where they can't afford to be second to strike - the potential for a miscalculation or a nuclear war through inadvertence is simply too high.”

“As soon as you judge communication a little more rigorously, there is a possibility that the message will not be democratized. I have to say what I believe to be right. I have to spread out the statement among all the means of expression available to us at present.”

“Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions.”