I learned to keep at a certain distance from things - and to make myself a little bit invisible while I observed and understood them.

I can always, quite easily, put myself in other people's shoes, so to speak, and look at the world through them.

I like reading the world through a writer's eyes, rather than seeing a writer looking at him or herself as if at the center of gravity of the world around them.

My skin is beautiful but it also serves as a huge barrier for so many opportunities that I want to pursue in life.

In business we cut each others' throats, but now and then we sit around the same table and behave-for the sake of the ladies.

A rational man knows-or makes it a point to discover-the source of his emotions, the basic premises from which they come.

Certainly none of the advances made in civilization has been due to counterrevolutionaries and advocates of the status quo.

Look, how come he showed up now? When you have other fairies in the woods? And does that sound crazy when you say it out loud, or what?

I think fear is a very healthy motivator.

Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use.

The conception of what is normal varies not only with the culture but also within the same culture, in the course of time.

Since Democrats vs. Republicans has been obliterated, no real difference between parties.

There's no way to use power for good.