The greatest danger of being gifted, is that you may never learn how to make an effort.

I always consider every place worth exploring once- just in case there's a thirty foot flaming sign divulging the secret of life, that no one has told me about.

You've got to try everything once, except those things you don't like, or that involve a lot of effort and getting up early.

Stay cool, and wait for opportunity.

Few pleasures are greater than knowing you can close your door, ignore the world and create your own.

It's true, some senior Hungarian writers are not known for their laughter. There is a strong Germanic influence - an attitude that if it's enjoyable it can't possibly be literature.

The impossible lives next door to the possible; people ring its door bell by accident all the time.

Criticism is part of being in the marketplace. If you can't take a bit of criticism, you shouldn't bother publishing a book.

Most books reviews aren't very well-written. They tend to be more about the reviewer than the book.

Ultimately, it's about the quality of the writing whatever style you are writing.

I don't take much notice of reviews now - obviously you'd like to have straight worship but you're never going to get that.

Beauty is everywhere you look, but you have to look.

More and more people are seeing the films on computers - lousy sound, lousy picture - and they think they've seen the film, but they really haven't.

STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue.

I grew up in a world before people had credit cards. There were no magic cards - it was all about budgeting.

The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.

To see that people appreciate the work that I put in to make these songs for them, that's what makes me care. I don't care about being Fetty Wap.

My career as a magazine writer was largely prefaced on the idea of curiosity, to go on adventures and weasel my way into the lives of people that I admire.

Calm of mind, all passion spent.

He who does not see the kingdom of heaven in this life will never see it in the coming life.

Your body is only the garage for your soul.