Anticipation! It occurred to him that his anticipation was more pleasant to him than the experiencing.

My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.

Everything human is alien to me.

Life is a long failure of understanding ... a long, mistaken shutting of the heart.

Each book is, in a sense, an argument with myself, and I would write it, whether it is ever published or not.

One situation – maybe one alone – could drive me to murder: family life, togetherness.

And no book, and possibly no painting, when it is finished, is ever exactly like the first dream of it.

I have Graham Greene's telephone number, but I wouldn't dream of using it. I don't seek out writers because we all want to be alone.

How easy it was to lie when one had to lie!

For neither life nor nature cares if justice is ever done or not.

It always gets late with you. - Is that a compliment?

Never say no to coffee

We don't realize that, somewhere within us all, there does exist a supreme self who is eternally at peace.

I like The Eiffel Tower because it looks like steel and lace.

It's time to rise to the challenge and push beyond that pain and receive your blessing. You are truly favored by God.

There are no illegitimate children, only illegitimate parents-if the term is to be used at all.

While women across the globe have many differences - language, culture, environment - our similarities are undeniable, and the impact of abuse and oppression affects us all.

I don't know if they're really like everybody else, or if they're able to pretend they are.

If the girls keep dancing, everybody's happy. If the girls don't dance, nobody's happy.

I have three children to take care; I have a wife. My job is to take care of them, and I can say it's a pretty cool job to have.

There is no room for exclusion in family...only love.