If my father was alive today, he would have fought for Kurdish rights

When men are able to influence so many others through their life and their example, they do not die.

The more educated the people, the freer they are.

Tough times don't define you, they refine you. ‪

Luck often sides with the able.

For humans to move to higher ground, we must have different views, but share the common ground as well.

Without delayed gratification, there is no perseverance.

Fame does different things to different people. For some people it makes them a better person.

I'm not actually sure I'm grown-up enough for grown-up books.

Writing is like going to bed with a beautiful woman and afterwards she gets up, goes to her purse and gives me a handful of money.

Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that talks.

Impressionism came about because it suddenly became apparent that pure colours mix in the eye in a more dazzling way than they have ever been mixed in paint.

If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.