I think there might be some pressure released while I'm doing autobiographical work, but afterwards everything remains the same.

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.

Real Love may run on a lower voltage, but it’s also more grounded & sustainable.

The world will lose something if you do not find yourself, if you do not answer the question “Who am I

There are no monsters in the dark.

No denial of the truth will ever invalidate it.

Revenge was a dish best eaten cold, but eight years between was arctic.

...I don't want what other men see in you- you the you I want is invisible but it is the part of you I really love...

The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.

We could have chopped down the sycamore with this.

I bite my fingernails. That's probably not a good thing.

For-profit higher education is today a booming industry, feeding on the student loans handed out to the desperate.