Nothing is more limiting than a closed circle of acquaintanceship where every avenue of conversation has been explored and social exchanges are fixed in a known routine.

If you are writing any book about the end of the world, what you are really writing about is what's worth saving about it.

Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much. For on the smiles, the thanks we give, our little gestures of appreciation, our neighbors build their philosophy of life.

The virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat.

Behind every writer stands a very large bookshelf.

Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them

My inventing time is all done under the influence of aerobic exercise. Basically, I do all my thinking while I run.

I grew up during the Cold War, when everything seemed very tenuous. For many years, right up until the fall of the Berlin Wall, I had vivid nightmares of nuclear apocalypse.

That is life... to begin again when everything is lost!

We cannot measure Divine Providence by the yardstick of human mentality.

Even if my country remains in war with yours. . .remember. . . i am not your enemy.

Even the kids, behind the slice of streetscape floating in the glass, had mastered the art of pretending not to see.

Our lives are made up of time, and the quality of our existence depends on our wise use of the moments we are given.

The expectations of life depend upon diligence the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

Memory... is an internal rumor.

From innumerable complexities we must grow to simplicity; we must become simple in our inward life and in our outward needs.

Our vices are attempts to combine self-medication and enjoyment.

Who writes your name in letters of smoke among the stars of the south? Oh let me remember you as you were before you existed.

As for critics, one mediocre writer is more valuable than ten good critics. They are like haughty, barren spinsters lodged in a maternity ward.

A movie is something you see, cinema is something that’s made.

I think protest and actions have to be organised against the Israelis and their backers. There needs to be a concerted high profile campaign to raise awareness of the people in this country.