In Romanian society, I am not particularly well-liked. I don't often receive invitations.

What can't be said can be written. Because writing is a silent act, a labor from the head to the hand.

Suffering doesn't improve human beings, does it?

Anything in literature, including memory, is second-hand.

Women always need other women to lean on. They become friends in order to hate each other better. The more they hate each other, the more inseparable they become.

In this county, we had to walk, eat, sleep and love in fear.

Language is so different from life. How am I supposed to fit the one into the other? How can I bring them together?

Once upon a time they had some bad luck, and they blame everything on that.

I wanted to get out of our thimble of a town, where every stone had eyes.

If you live with death threats, you need friends. So you have to risk that they might spy on you.

I have always written only for myself - to clarify things, to clarify things with myself, to understand in an inner way what is actually happening.

I'm learning to trust other people to do things. My time is limited, and I'd rather be spending it with my kids.

There cannot be any impediment to science that will ultimately be good to the general public.

Sometimes I think to talk too much about music almost cheapens it

There's nothing quite as good as folding up into a book and shutting the world outside.If I pick the right one I can be beautiful, or fall in love, or live happily ever after. Maybe even all three.

It's hard being a girl. There are a lot of body image issues that come up and I think the best thing we can do for our kids is lead by example.

Every time you see me that Hammer's just so hype I'm dope on the floor and I'm magic on the mic

I own nothing of value at all. I spend money on experiences.

if you go through life looking for insults, you may be comfortably assured of finding them.

The soft stuff is always harder than the hard stuff.