It's not what you say, but what you do that defines your individuality

If someone tells you something cannot be done; it's just their way of saying they cannot do it

It costs nothing to smile. Do it as often as possible

Those who start later, tend to achieve greater

Contrary to most people’s beliefs, music is in me, forever. I can recall it at any moment with utter precision.

Commercial fiction writing – where my bread is buttered – is fairly straightforward. The writing is simply efficiency and story. The more you have of one the less you need of the other.

Nothing. I was confused for two years. I didn't understand anything and I'm still confused.

Wine is an appropriate article for mankind, both for the healthy body and for the ailing man.

I can't raise the bar of others if I haven't raised the bar for myself.

I have an intuitive understanding of technology. And the way I incorporate technology in the work tends to humanize it a great deal.

Well, there are certain foods that I prefer not to eat because they're just such a jolt to the system

I've always been sort of confused by the trajectory my life has taken. I was supposed to be on an assembly line building Buicks.

Political power goes much deeper than one suspects; there are centres and invisible, little-known points of support; its true resistance, its true solidity is perhaps where one doesn't expect it.

I care not whether the soldiers are of Milesian, Teutonic, African or Angelo-Saxon descent. I despise the principle that make a difference between them in the hour of battle and of death.

Consider data without prejudice.