I am not very good at expressing myself in a simple way so it can create mis-understandings and I hate that.

I don't think you learn how to act. You learn how to use your emotions and feelings.

I think that when you don't see the boundaries, you cross them without even knowing they exist in the first place.

I was raised with the idea of beauty in a different way. To me, it is something that really comes out of you and surrounds you.

I think in friendship, you want to be there for your friend, and sometimes you just don't know what to do or the relationship you have with them is not clear enough for you to know what to do.

You cannot escape what you have to deal with inside yourself. It will never bring good things. It will only bring madness.

I think that emotion and good stories can cross the times.

Did a man really walk on the moon? I saw plenty of documentaries on it, and I really wondered.

If I wake up during a dream I can usually go back to sleep and finish the story.

I think you're where you have to be and I'm not a person who wants to control things too much because I love surprises.

It's pretty refreshing to be in a situation where the spotlight is on someone else.

I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things.” – Associated Press interview, 12-7-11

The real achievers are those who, in the dreary pit of sacrifice, still smile up at the goal.

And you thought there was only one exit door...

Do you want a world with . . . more joy and happiness? Then find your own joy and happiness and contribute to the joy and happiness of others.

Read yourself, not books. Truth isn't outside, that's only memory, not wisdom. Memory without wisdom is like an empty thermos bottle - if you don't fill it, it's useless.

Your commanders have ordered you to storm the White House and to arrest me. But I as the elected President of Russia give you the order to turn your tanks and not to fight against your own people.

Presents of love fear not to be ill taken of strangers.

When a woman weeps, it is a man's shame.

And time for reflection with colleagues is for me a lifesaver; it is not just a nice thing to do if you have the time. It is the only way you can survive.

I think about art a lot only in two contexts. One is narrative... The other thing that I'm interested in, which is tangential, but not unrelated... All art to me is about problem solving.