I worked in a bookstore in Oslo, importing the English-language books.

I remember a lot of dreams. Sometimes they are hard to distinguish from what has really happened. That is not so terrible. It is the same with books.

I rely heavily on rhythm when I write. You should tap your foot when you read it, all the way through.

If I just concentrate I can walk into memory's store and find the right shelf with the right film and disappear into it.

A dead dog is more quiet than a house on the steppes, a chair in a empty room.

You decide for yourself when it will hurt.

In a household tragedy, you are very much aware of being alone. It is something that is possible to grasp, and that is why it hurts so much. Because you are alone. I know a little about this.

I write about families. That is who we are.

But that's life. That's what you learn from; when things happen. Especially at your age. You just have to take it in and remember to think afterwards and not forget and never grow bitter.

A lot can change because you are embarrassed by something.

But that's life. That's what you learn from when things happen. Especially at your age. You just have to take it in and remember to think afterwards and not forget and never grow bitter.

Many are destined to reason wrongly others not to reason at all: and others to persecute those who do reason.

It's OK to do cute little things like kissing a turtle, but you can't kiss another person because he's a different color? Give me a break. And you have to remember, I'm from Dallas, Texas.

People get discouraged. They should remember, from me, it takes courage not to be discouraged.

As scary as change can be and as much as I might resist it, there's always some unkown gift that comes out of it. I really never thought you could begin again. You can.

Whatever the career, sales ability distinguishes superstars from also-rans.

The Lady' is a piddling little magazine that no one cares about or buys.

I've seen Jaws [movie], like, 800 times. And I love it.

Fasting gives you confidence to know that your spirit can master appetite . . . and helps to protect against later uncontrolled cravings and gnawing habits.

Freedom begins as we become conscious of it.

Melancholy betrays the world for the sake of knowledge. But in its tenacious self-absorption it embraces dead objects in its contemplation, in order to redeem them