Every writer can tell you that a book is only truly alive when it finds passionate readers who bring it alive in their imaginations.

The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.

Each of us will have to make the choices that allow us to be the largest versions of ourselves.

It's like my whole world is coming undone, but when I write, my pencil is a needle and thread, and I'm stitching the scraps back together.

A novel is not, after all, a historical document, but a way to travel through the human heart.

I write to find out what I am thinking. I write to find out who I am. I write to understand things.

A book does not discriminate against any reader. All are welcome at the table of literature.

Don't plan it all. Let life surprise you a little.

Everyone needs a strong sense of self. It is our base of operations for everything that we do in life.

I admit that for me love goes deeper than the struggle, or maybe what I mean is, love is the deeper struggle.

I grew up in a dictatorship, where you couldn't talk about difficult situations - there was this culture of silence. We would run into a problem and have no one to talk to.

A museum is a place where nothing was lost, just rediscovered…

We all want to be seen not for the choices we made ten years ago, but for who we are today.

Winners dont do different things They do things differently

If you cannot smile when you listen to music, then do not listen to it!

The descent to hell is easy and those who begin by worshipping power, soon worship evil.

After denial comes anger and finally, acceptance.

A man can't make a place for himself in the sun if he keeps taking refuge under the family tree.

I'm always happy when I see something written on an album that wasn't just typed on a computer.

I put the pistol by my head, and say a prayer. I see visions of me dead, Lord are you there?