Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious.

A boxer makes a comeback for two reasons: either he’s broke or he needs the money.

I prefer dead writers because you don't run into them at parties.

Don't expect too much from people who don't even have respect for themselves.

A thought that is almost beautiful – a thought that you speak not, but that you cherish within you at this moment, will irradiate you as though you were a transparent vase.

Most people don't want to talk about politics and religion. They say, 'Let's talk about something else.'

Hollywood has its own way of telling stories. I was just telling stories that I was familiar with. And it's what I want to do in the future: I want to take my audio cinema and put it on the screen.

Between certainty and the real, an ancient enmity.

Life involves other people and it is a compromise.

A powerful agent is the right word: it lights the reader's way and makes it plain.

I have an urban background, but I need melody, I need a song, so I try to mix and match and keep it fluid.

I didn't get how big it was until I went home, turned on the television and saw it on all the news, and later that night on the front pages of all the newspapers. Then I got it.