People say that Paris is the city of love, but for me, New York deserves the title more. It's impossible not to fall in love with the city like it's almost impossible not to fall in love in the city.

Romance is good, you know

Observing people. A spark of idea for a story sometimes comes from the simple act of observation.

Writers perform the so-called counterfactual thinking all the time. All the time. For most people, counterfactual thingking is a habit, but for writers, it is a necessity

Fanscination is what keeps a writer going. To be able to write, a writer has to be fascinated about a particular something that becomes the idea of the story

A kiss should be personal, not a mandatory public event

People say that Paris is the city of love, but for Raia, New York deserves the title more. It's imposible not to fall in love with the city like it's almost impossible not to fall in love in the city

Prayer is the difference between seeing with our physical eyes and seeing with our spiritual eyes.

Everybody's business is nobody's business, and nobody's business is my business.

And so now you think society is to blame for the mess you made of yourself?

The first thing that you need to deal with is the issue of equity and poverty.

The object of my worship lies beyond perceptions reach. For those who see, the Ka'ba is a compass, nothing more.

The hardest thing usually to leave behind, as was the case now, can loosely be called the conscience.

Everything constantly changes.

If children hear fine music from the day of their birth and learn to play it, they develop sensitivity, discipline and endurance. They get a beautiful heart.

I like that girl more that I can remember likin’ anything in my life. I’m not about to give her up. I’ll start carin’ what people think when I am six feet under.

It's not the critic that counts.