In Invisible there's a lot about childhood, the death of the brother and then the relationship between the brother and sister.

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.

Serve the Lord with what you have — your substance, strength, knowledge, and ability

I'm bound to fail when I write in Italian, but unlike my sense of failure in the past, this doesn't torment or grieve me.

I just think swing is a matter of some good things put together that you can really pat your foot by. I can't define it beyond that.

Fame attracts lunatics.

More than half your marketing time should be devoted to your existing customers.

Perhaps all of life is no more than a long preparation for the leaving of it.

I've told you before. You shouldn't judge people based on appearances and your preconceptions.

Growing up, we didn't have anything. My mum wasn't well, so I was in three care homes then foster homes before me and my little brother went back to her. I was passed from pillar to post.

All my enemies are self-appointed.

Well, I outline fanatically. I am a long thinker and a slow writer, though I am trying to get faster.