Of the five senses, smell is the one with the best memory.

To name the world in your own terms, to tell your own story, is an act of authority and power. When you write, you are saying, in effect, 'I have a voice. I have a story. This is what I have to say.'

Memory is an act of meaning-making. It collects the disparate pieces of our lives and distills them.

I fall into books the way I fall into lust - wholly, hungrily.

The shortest distance between two points is always under construction.

He discovered in his heart the first faint whispering of pure Christianity, and in some way he continued to keep his virtue intact by keeping his vices active.

Pain that you fear becomes present if you dare.

It wasn't necessary to win for the story to be great, it was only necessary to sacrifice everything.

The lower your expectation the easier and happier your life will be

Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay.

In all the music that deals with experimental repetition, drum and bass, dub, various kinds of house music, there's always been a quality of atmosphere and ambience.

Sometimes the best Christmas present is remembering what you've already got.

I think nobody can explain why some people win and why some people lose. It really doesn't always have to do much with talent. It has to do with how you deal with pressure.

Religion-freedom-vengeance-what you will, A word's enough to raise mankind to kill.

But the scientific importance of a change in knowledge of fact consists precisely in j its having consequences for a system of theory.