Life and art are nothing but associations of ideas and sorrows that nourish our illusory quest for the Holy Grail of human existence. It’s a mystery!

Theoretically speaking a good reader should also be a good learner, whatever the century and the place!

Since Shakespeare had a feel for revolutionary rhetoric, let’s all cry: “Peace, freedom and liberty!

You work hard and sweat it out only when doing something for which you were not born

I am grateful for the white sheet - all my stories are his.

All roads lead to Johannesburg.

You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.

Hope for the best, be prepared for the worse. Life is shocking, but you must never appear to be shocked. For no matter how bad it is it could be worse and no matter how good it is it could be better.

My business is can I create a world that's possible and could happen? I think that's the only thing that I have to do, and I think that I have done that each time.

I'm a passionate person, and I care deeply about the work I do. It's very, very important to me that it's well received.

I would advise people occasionally to take the media on, but only when you know it's a manufactured product and not a news interview.

Do what you like to do so well that someone will pay you wages for it.

We're going to take out seven countries in 5 years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran.