Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.

Dreams are more real than reality itself, they're closer to the self.

Writing eases my suffering . . . writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.

Walk where your heart leads you, there are no restrictions and no burdens.

If you want to do anything, do it now, without compromise or concession, because you have only one life.

Loneliness is a prerequisite for freedom. Freedom depends on the ability to reflect, and reflection can only begin when one is alone.

It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.

Love is so holy, so confusing. It makes a man anxious, tormented. Love, how can I define it?

I don't want to be a strong hero who can save society. I just want to save myself.

For me, writing [was] a question of survival...I could not trust anyone, even my family. The atmosphere was so poisoned. People even in your own family could turn you in.

A good work can be communicated across languages ... [provided one does not] fall into the trap of narrow-minded nationalistic or chauvinistic thinking.

I can hardly wait for tomorrow, it means a new life for me each and every day.

Whether a man is a legend or not is decided by history, not fortune tellers.

I believe, that there is at least de facto cooperation between United States and Iran, at least in Iraq.

Never question the size of Ice Cube's balls!

We are all human, and all do wrong.

Life is special when you reach out beyond yourself to be a true servant leader for others.

Social media really grew up.

Progress is The law of life: man is not Man as yet.

If you don't have kids and animals, you don't truly know what life is about.

Error's monstrous shapes from earth are driven They fade, they fly--but truth survives the flight.