I don't read reviews any more, but I'm told by my publisher who gives me an account of what people have been writing and it's been a very split kind of response.

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.

To recognize untruth as a condition of life--that certainly means resisting accustomed value feelings in a dangerous way

Wise is he who enjoys the show offered by the world.

I had repeatedly made written requests to the Fuehrer that I might be allowed to join the Wehrmacht as an ordinary soldier. He refused to give me this permission.

This sweetest and best of all creatures, faultless in spite of all her faults.

I am the Lizard King. I can do anything!

I'm in love with boxing. It fell into my lap and I have been in love with it ever since.

There are no shortcuts. NONE.

I suppose "giving without expecting anything in return" isn't something new, but it always pushes your happy button when you do it or see it.

After a stroke we can re-learn how to talk, because by practicing we can establish different pathways in the brain, circumnavigating the damaged part.

Arise, transcend Thyself, Thou art man and the whole nature of man Is to become more than himself.