In a totally dysfunctional society, the profession of a writer would not exist.

Art is not democratic. Art is sublime.

Transported to a different culture, thought often loses its subtlety and can even rampage like a wild beast.

Writers are writing in every corner of the globe.Writers are writing, moreover, in rich countries and poor countries alike.

One's identity derives not from one's nation or blood but from the language one uses.

waging war against inane language that circulates almost automatically is a writer's eternal mission, and the day will never come when this battles are unnecessary.

I was ready for huge transformation, emerging from the chrysalis, like the butterfly, a true metamorphosis, alive in all my beauty.

Look for magic in daily routine.

We are never so happy nor so unhappy as we imagine.

Question all as to their ways and learn the secrets that they hold

A cynic is just a man who found out when he was ten that there wasn't any Santa Claus, and he's still upset.

What we think out for ourselves forms channels in which other thoughts will flow.

I do what I do because it seems to be critically missing in the world and I want to see it not-happen.

I'm a goofball and a comedian.

I know I'm prejudiced and I know I'm bigoted in a lot of different ways.

Why do women get paid less money? It doesn't make any sense.