It's like my whole world is coming undone, but when I write, my pencil is a needle and thread, and I'm stitching the scraps back together.

The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.

Each of us will have to make the choices that allow us to be the largest versions of ourselves.

A novel is not, after all, a historical document, but a way to travel through the human heart.

I write to find out what I am thinking. I write to find out who I am. I write to understand things.

A book does not discriminate against any reader. All are welcome at the table of literature.

Don't plan it all. Let life surprise you a little.

Everyone needs a strong sense of self. It is our base of operations for everything that we do in life.

I admit that for me love goes deeper than the struggle, or maybe what I mean is, love is the deeper struggle.

Every writer can tell you that a book is only truly alive when it finds passionate readers who bring it alive in their imaginations.

I grew up in a dictatorship, where you couldn't talk about difficult situations - there was this culture of silence. We would run into a problem and have no one to talk to.

Each man act according to his faith.

You couldn't find a Jewish sheik?

Oh, sometimes it's just easier to please people, " Maria said finally.

You don't need to know what you want. You only need to know what you don't want...

Doo-wop is special music to me because it's so straightforward and melody-driven and captures emotions.

Poetry begins where language starts: in the shadows and accidents of one person’s life.

A flute with no holes is not a flute.

The UK has a super strong music culture. I could definitely see myself living there if it made sense.

I have a strong opinion that a genuine love of books is one of the greatest blessings of life for man and woman.

No, I don't read the papers. I just look at the pictures.