Most books reviews aren't very well-written. They tend to be more about the reviewer than the book.

I always consider every place worth exploring once- just in case there's a thirty foot flaming sign divulging the secret of life, that no one has told me about.

You've got to try everything once, except those things you don't like, or that involve a lot of effort and getting up early.

Stay cool, and wait for opportunity.

Few pleasures are greater than knowing you can close your door, ignore the world and create your own.

It's true, some senior Hungarian writers are not known for their laughter. There is a strong Germanic influence - an attitude that if it's enjoyable it can't possibly be literature.

The impossible lives next door to the possible; people ring its door bell by accident all the time.

Criticism is part of being in the marketplace. If you can't take a bit of criticism, you shouldn't bother publishing a book.

The greatest danger of being gifted, is that you may never learn how to make an effort.

Ultimately, it's about the quality of the writing whatever style you are writing.

I don't take much notice of reviews now - obviously you'd like to have straight worship but you're never going to get that.

To become a better you, remember to be grateful to people who have contributed to making you who you are today.

What has interested me all along is not the pronouncement of meaning but pointing toward the way meaning is formed.

Tis best to build no castles in the air.

One-run games can go either way, and most of the time they do.

In a delightful garden, sowing, planting or digging are not hardship but are done with a zeal and a certain pleasure.

Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention.

I have drunken deep of joy.

Tokyo may have more money and Kyoto more culture; Nara may have more history and Kobe more style. But Osaka has the biggest heart.