He would do anything to avoid ageing and death...anything.

Drink, ” he commanded, seeing the look of hunger, of passion, in the boy’s eyes. The intensity of his blood had awoken the predatory fire that lay within all men.

She was his angel, he couldn’t let her know his sins.

You know, Jacob, if it weren’t for the fact that we’re natural enemies and that you’re also trying to steal away the reason for my existence, I might actually like you.

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.

The acid test of any legal system is not the greatness or the grandeur of its ideal concepts, but whether, in fact, it is able to produce order and justice.

Everything was God, holy; as God is total, so the driftwood branch was holy. This must be the stuff religion is made of.

I have no television to go on so I get a lot of writing done. That's my substitute for television.

I wouldn't be myself if I weren't always trying to be someone else. I only have so much time on this earth and I want to be as many people as possible.

[Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns] is not just unique to books, but films and music.

Acting is an empty and useless profession.

How loving is the Lord God and how strong withal!

It wouldn't be bad to look like a cross between Rita Hayworth and Elizabeth Taylor.