If you want to treat your book as a child, the finished book should be an adult, capable to stand on its own legs and able to weather the thunder. Not a baby that still needs to be defended.

Life without risks is like a burrito without Tabasco. Bland, but you’ll still fart.

Common sense is only irritating in other people

Pickpocket is a sink-or-swim profession, not something that can be taught in the comfort of your living room.

A good pickpocket isn’t afraid of intimacy.

It is much harder to pretend than it is to simply be who you already are.

Sinners, pray to a merciful God for forgiveness.

I can relate to having those people in your life that you feel are moving on to this great, big, normal life and you're like, 'What's wrong with me?'

Just because a romantic relationship ends doesn't mean that the other facets of your relationship have to end... or, indeed, doesn't mean they can't get better.

I am not one of those who left the land to the mercy of its enemies. Their flattery leaves me cold, my songs are not for them to praise.

Biologists can be just as sensitive to heresy as theologians.

I will always speak my mind.

Art does not solve problems but makes us aware of their existence. It opens our eyes to see and our brain to imagine.

The best way to understand another person's religion is to listen to the story of what particular practices helped them to deepen and to embody their religion, especially its spirituality.

To me, locs are a symbol of strength and beauty, almost like a lion's mane.