The ancient God created the old man, capable of erring - thus he erred himself.

We comes from God, I from the Devil.

The lilac branches are bowed under the weight of the flowers: blooming is hard, and the most important thing is - to bloom. (“A Story About The Most Important Thing”)

The nights were long, like the braids of a pretty girl, and the days were short, like a girl's sense. ("The North")

Heretics are the only bitter remedy against the entropy of human thought.

True literature can exist only where it is created, not by diligent and trustworthy functionaries, but by madmen, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels, and skeptics.

A man is like a novel: until the very last page you don't know how it will end. Otherwise it wouldn't be worth reading.

Those two, in paradise, were given a choice: happiness without freedom, or freedom without happiness. There was no third alternative.

Literature is painting, architecture, and music.

There is no final one; revolutions are infinite.

We need writers who fear nothing. ("Our Goal")

If everyone could be a successful and rich author, there would be no point in working so hard. Where is the fun in that?

When storms come, we naturally want to run. What might happen in your friendships if you learned instead to stay put when storms hit?

As a parent, the only thing I am absolutely certain of is my own fallibility.

I like projects in which I can really act and not be me all the time.

The only continent with a growth rate lower than Europe is Antarctica.

People want the government to go back to the people.

What have you done? What have you given up?' So many things, Cecily. More than you know.

I write because I'm a writer. It is rather like cooking: to make something out of the raw material at hand.

Being on the floor of a TV show is sometimes a quite frustrating experience.