I love it with all of its villains and pretty liars and self-righteous pompers

I've watched goldfish make babies, and ants execute earwigs. I've seen a fly deliver live young while having its head eaten by a mantis. And I had a golden retriever behave like one.

Solomon smiles with us

I love it as it is, because it is a story, and it isn't stuck in one place.

It has thick skin, and all the most important thinkers have become part of it.

Welcome to His poem. His play. His novel. Skip the bowls of fruit and statues. Let the page flick your thumbs. This is His spoken word.

To die is nothing, but to live with purpose and integrity, that's something

I've never been a passive person. I've always felt that, if you think something should be changed, it's your responsibility to actively pursue that change.

The works of the creative spirit last, they are essentially imperishable, while the world-stirring historical activities of even the most eminent men are circumscribed by time.

A change of values - that means, a change of the creators of values. He who has to be a creator always has to destroy.

I'm always trepidatious and excited about what I do. I wouldn't choose to do something, unless I am really excited about it.

You are one of the forces of nature.

Usually, I start thinking about my next novel soon after completing the latest, and it can take anywhere from a month to 6 months to come up with a story.

But when we set out to understand somebody’s inside? Is that a trip that ever ends? Is the soul a place of facts? Or are the alleged facts only the deceptive shadows of our stories?

The genius of architecture seems to have shed its maledictions over this land.

Adventure must start with running away from home.