His characters are ravaged, beaten. They walk through infernos and emerged charred doves.

I hate how the people who really get you are the ones you can never hold on to for very long. And the ones who don’t understand you at all stick around.

People had an illogical, self-serving rationale when it came to interpreting the behavior of others.

Not returning phone calls is the severest form of torture in the civilized world.

Always live your life with your biography in mind.

Sovereign. Deadly. Perfect.

It's a common feeling for people to feel intermittent antipathy toward individuals they're familiar with.

Within every elaborate lie, a kernel of truth.

He said you couldn't pretend the terrible things in life didn't happen. You can't clean it up. You keep all the refuse and the scars. It's how you learn. And try to make improvements.

Making love to Aurelia was like rummaging through a card catalog in a deserted library, searching for one very obscure, little-read entry on Hungarian poetry.

For every man there exists bait he cannot resist swallowing.

To be a leader meant that sometimes you had to look away from the pain

Nothing is perfect and this is the perfect reason for men to keep on learning, understanding and discovering.

Progress is learning to control your world.

If one plays with fire, one should be prepared to burn, Jane.”“You say that as if I’m in danger from you.”“Maybe you are, ” Tobias growled as the scent of her invaded his nostrils...

Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and goes. But if one believes, then miracles occur.

People don’t need careers. People should just exist.

Theres a burgeoning film scene in Romania.

You know what else I've learnt? That it's all right not to ride the crest of the wave. Every time a wave comes along I retreat, and I haven't come to any harm yet.

When Wayne was traded, I became captain. For me it really wasn't anything - I didn't do anything or I didn't feel I had to do anything different than what I had been doing all along.

One generation cannot bind another.