Reason and memory are nearly always at odds.

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.

Build your strength in love.

...you ask me why I compare you to stars - it's simple - that's where your goddess has fled...

The first time you quit, it's hard. The second time, it gets easier. The third time, you don't even have to think about it.

I think I am much too valuable a creature to offer myself to a German bullet gratis and for fun.

Somebody accused us of hiring him and putting him there. He was a classic.

The lucky few who can be involved in creative work of any sort will be the true elite of mankind, for they alone will do more than serve a machine.

I believe in love, children and being a good person.

You've got to look for a gap, where competitors in a market have grown lazy and lost contact with the readers or the viewers.

Whatever thing a man sets his heart on...is his god; and if his god doesn't also happen to be the true and living God of Israel that man is laboring in idolatry.

A woman would run through fire and water for such a kind heart.