Paintings. Or the collapse of time in images.

Novels are fictions and therefore they tell lies, but through those lies every novelist attempts to tell the truth about the world.

There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round.

Stories only happen to those who are able to tell them.

It always stimulates me to discover new examples of my own prejudice and stupidity, to realize that I don't know half as much as I think I do.

One should never underestimate the power of books.

If you're not ready for everything, you're not ready for anything.

Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever.

It often happens that things are other than what they seem, and you can get yourself into trouble by jumping to conclusions.

Memory is the space in which a thing happens for a second time.

It seems to me that I will always be happy in the place where I am not.

This is what we do. We make tea and read books and watch people die.

My energy just couldn’t stop dancing. I was caught up in the music of struggle, and i wanted to dance.

The road to perseverance lies by doubt.

I want my kids to experience passion. I want them to see that I have things I feel passionate about because it is such a great feeling to really love something.

To understand Mozart's contradictory qualities would indeed be to understand genius.

Education without social action is a one-sided value because it has no true power potential.

We have the media, which is such a waste in the sense that you can actually feel your IQ get lower as you watch TV.

I would recommend that skeptics devote even more effort than they do now to understanding the reasons why so many people want or need to believe.

In any project the important factor is your belief. Without belief, there can be no successful outcome.

Lobbyists are the touts of protected industries.