Life is a shitstorm, in which art is our only umbrella." (spoken by character in a novel by Mario Vargas Llosa)

Memory is a snare, pure and simple; it alters, it subtly rearranges the past to fit the present.

Prosperity or egalitarianism -- you have to choose. I favor freedom -- you never achieve real equality anyway: you simply sacrifice prosperity for an illusion.

Like writing, reading is a protest against the insufficiencies of life.

The secret to a masterpiece is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.

You cannot teach creativity - how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within himself what kind of writer he would like to be.

Its easy to know what you want to say, but not to say it

Writers are the exorcists of their own demons.

One can't fight with oneself, for this battle has only one loser.

No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is nothing.

Literature is a form of permanent insurrection. Its mission is to arouse, to disturb, to alarm, to keep men in a constant state of dissatisfaction with themselves.

One sees intelligence far more than one hears it. People do not always say transcendental things but if they are capable of saying them it is always visible.

I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect.

More than machinery, we need humanity.

Yoga makes my day better as I am less likely to fall victim to my otherwise foolish & forgetful mind.

Modeling was pretty difficult back then. I did not find the business something that I had an interest in. I wanted to be a veterinarian.

The ways of the British are inscrutable but they always seem to obtain their own ends without compromising their dignity or their honor.

How does it feel when you're alone and you're cold inside

A strong spirit transcends rules.

I don't require movies to be about good people, and I don't reject screen violence.

Regardless of your past, your tomorrow is a clean slate.