I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting.

Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.

We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.

I have always used the world of make-believe with a certain desperation.

The abjection of our political situation is the only true challenge today. Only facing up to this situation in all its desperation can help us get out of it.

You might as well ask why a middle-aged man with no criminal record might put a paper bag over his head and rob a bank. I acted out of personal desperation.