Quotes of the Day

Former Czech Republic President and playwriter Vaclav Havel
Monday, Jul. 28, 2008

Open quoteI have had a very adventurous life, but not because I have an adventurous nature or yearned for a life full of adventure. Fate just wanted it this way.Close quote

  • VACLAV HAVEL,
  • former President of the Czech Republic, on his new semiautobiographical play, a King Lear—like meditation on the seductiveness of power
Photo: Michal Cizek / AFP / Getty | Source: NYTimes