Revolution will free society of its afflictions, while science will free the individual of his.

Memory is a snare, pure and simple; it alters, it subtly rearranges the past to fit the present.

Prosperity or egalitarianism -- you have to choose. I favor freedom -- you never achieve real equality anyway: you simply sacrifice prosperity for an illusion.

Like writing, reading is a protest against the insufficiencies of life.

Life is a shitstorm, in which art is our only umbrella." (spoken by character in a novel by Mario Vargas Llosa)

The secret to a masterpiece is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.

You cannot teach creativity - how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within himself what kind of writer he would like to be.

Its easy to know what you want to say, but not to say it

Writers are the exorcists of their own demons.

One can't fight with oneself, for this battle has only one loser.

No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is nothing.

Any spirituality can be enhanced with the practice or study of yoga.

Embracing yourself is important and I wish that all women would realize how beautiful they are, inside and out.

Egyptian President Sadat had a belly dancer entertain President Nixon at a state dinner. Mr. Nixon was really impressed. He hadn't seen contortions like that since Rose Mary Woods.

You can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for dinner.

I always ask myself, what do I need to prove? I won the fight.

Oh my God! I'm crushing an angel. Let me up!

It became a habit of mine never to leave the house without a pencil in my pocket.

I am not going to sit here and say I am never going to drink again. That is not realistic.

What's it like going back? Fun and sexy. That's the point. It's - the only reason to go back to an old boyfriend is because you think hmm, maybe.

Civilians listened to officers, which said a lot about the intelligence of civilians.