If you're not ready for everything, you're not ready for anything.

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.

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.

The funny thing is that I feel close to all my characters. Deep, deep inside them all. I can't describe how deeply I love them all.

You will only ever achieve the level of success that matches your wisdom or personal development level.

... a whole day’s tête-à-tête between two women can never end without a quarrel.

Rachmaninoff. The 18th Variation of a Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

Life is filled with obstacles that confuse the mind. But once you understand it's pattern then you will see why it was there for you in the first place.

Beauty is only skin deep but evil cuts straight through the soul.

Protect the ears of your heart, rather than being drawn in each day like the fading tides that dance daily with the moon.

Music is supposed to create an associate level, wherein I and you and you and I can associate without any misunderstanding.

If you do good work, it tends to stick around. People still come up to me and say, "'The Ref' is my favorite Christmas movie."

I also think my dad would be reminding me that kids — more than anything else — need to know their parents love them. Their parents don't have to be alive for that to happen.

Hawaii ain't a bad place to work.