History is present in all my novels. And whether I am directly talking about the sociological moment or just immersing my character in the environment, I am very aware of it.

Novels are fictions and therefore they tell lies, but through those lies every novelist attempts to tell the truth about the world.

There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round.

Stories only happen to those who are able to tell them.

It always stimulates me to discover new examples of my own prejudice and stupidity, to realize that I don't know half as much as I think I do.

One should never underestimate the power of books.

If you're not ready for everything, you're not ready for anything.

Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever.

It often happens that things are other than what they seem, and you can get yourself into trouble by jumping to conclusions.

Memory is the space in which a thing happens for a second time.

It seems to me that I will always be happy in the place where I am not.

Just as I had long suspected, a person didn't really need math for anything anyway. Maybe some people did. Some limited people.

The liars among us will know that every lie must contain a certain amount of truth if it's to be convincing. A dash of truth is often enough, but it's indispensable, like the olive in the martini.

Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I’ll wake up with sweat drenching my chest and think it’s the blood and muck I was covered in that night.

Ignorance is no excuse it's the real thing.

Now, what is it which makes a scene interesting? If you see a man coming through a doorway, it means nothing. If you see him coming through a window - that is at once interesting.

There are people much less fortunate than us, and I don't mean people hungry sleeping in the streets either

Terrific. A bisexual dominant vampire with kidnapping expertise.

Mockery when done without prejudice or discretion, can be a form of respect. It's the closest we'll ever come to true equality.

Bin Laden is not well read and he's not sophisticated, but he will have worked out very coldly what America would do.

My childhood wasn't full of wonderful culinary memories.