The clash of religion. We've had to coexist for hundreds of years in Bulgaria, in the Balkans, and we still don't get along. It's a reason for so much tragedy.

The problem is we bear grudges that go a thousand years into the past. Really, I could find people who begrudge the Greeks for doing awful things to the Bulgarians more than a thousand years ago.

In certain places, not always, there are moments where I tried to convey in English a sense of foreignness. I wanted the reader to get the sense that another language is being spoken.

When I was writing in Bulgarian, I could hide behind beautiful prose.

Words physically have power to bring things into existence.

Then she said, with piteous defiance, "If I could love her, the Good Lord could, and he won't be too hard on an old lady who didn't have an easy life.

Two passions have powerful influence on the affairs of men: the love of power and the love of money.

Justice is not always done in this world; we see that everyday. But on the Last Day it will be done for all to see. And no one will be able to complain by saying, "This isn't fair."

There are so many times in one's life, when one feels he has nothing more to offer. But no, my river has not run dry.

Pardon me I've got nothing to say.

When I was playing for tips in college, I felt a fire in my soul. I had the same principle of focus that I had learned playing football.

Your first obligation as a writer is to tell the truth and to tell a good story.

But mathematics is the sister, as well as the servant, of the arts and is touched with the same madness and genius.

You're not the ugly one. Levi Grinned. You're just the Clark Kent... ... Will you warn me when you take off your glasses?