I've learned not to look at reviews. Early on, I did. I was always curious.

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.

Some will make you Dance, some will make you Smile, and some will make your misery longer than a mile! Pleasure or Pain, the Choice is thine.

A strong and well-constituted man digests his experiences (deeds and misdeeds all included) just as he digests his meats, even when he has some tough morsels to swallow.

self-esteem, n. An erroneous appraisal.

The fullest and best ears of corn hang lowest toward the ground.

Warrington’s aim’s so pathetic I’d be more worried if he was aiming for the person next to me.

Often times, being in a popular thing means that you have to compromise your own acting.

When you are trying to understand the world, it is unwise to assume that you occupy a privileged position in it.

I'm not saying we don't need health care reform. We do need health care reform.

We belong to each other.

Nobody sets out to make a bad film, but so many of those compromises are made and often they're made because of vanity, pride and ego.