People everywhere feel differently at different times of their lives.

When writing dialogue, I hear it in both Russian and English, and try to find a language that combines the two.

Why are some people highly principled and willing to do anything for their principles, while most of us are not? And I am willing to not only ask, but also answer the question.

Language is a personality as well. People are different when they speak different languages.

I spent seven years writing The Free World. There are a lot of things I accomplished there that I'm very proud of, but I didn't want to spend another seven years writing a book like that.

I think having an uncompromising ideology eventually forces you out of the norm.

We are taught that we can be better than we are. But is there a limit to how good we can be?

In my experience of women, women have a greater capacity. Maybe women, even very pragmatic ones, are less guarded about showing emotions.

We all have some ideological quotient in ourselves. And I think it does guide who we are.

Nothing is easy in writing. I don't think for anyone. But dialogue is probably what comes most naturally to me.

When you write a book, you want to have fidelity to the character. Characters and their emotions guide the structure of the novel.

Formal education teaches how to stand, but to see the rainbow you must come out and walk many steps on your own.

Imagination is probably the most remarkable thing that exist in the universe.

Good architecture should be a projection of life itself, and that implies an intimate knowledge of biological, social, technical, and artistic problems.

I don't tolerate whining, I look at people & say 'you're a victim, it's not your fault' figure our how to survive!

That was the way love was, she guessed-it left you always unsteady on your feet.

It was always himself that the coward abandoned first. After this all other betrayals came easily.

Is it just me, or does every woman in New York have a severe emotional problem?

There is a price tag on human liberty. That price is the willingness to assume the responsibilities of being free men. Payment of this price is a personal matter with each of us.

A friendship will be young after the lapse of half a century; a passion is old at the end of three months.