To care about words, to have a stake in what is written, to believe in the power of books - this overwhelms the rest, and beside it one's life becomes very small.

Writing is a solitary business. It takes over your life. In some sense, a writer has no life of his own. Even when he’s there, he’s not really there.

Our lives carry us along in ways we cannot control, and almost nothing stays with us. It dies when we do, and death is something that happens to us every day.

He who risks nothing has nothing.

Truth is a fact we fall in love with

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

The greater part of human activity is designed to make permanent those experiences and joys which are only lovable because they are changing.

It's a lot easier to convince uninformed people than it is to convince politicians.

And how much better to die in all the happy period of undisillusioned youth, to go out in a blaze of light, than to have your body worn out and old and illusions shattered.

Mistakes are not always the result of someone's ineptitude.

Wine to me is passion. It's family and friends. It's warmth of heart and generosity of spirit.

You have ten minutes. Tops. (Carlos) I have been knocked overboard, shot at, kidnapped, handcuffed, terrified, and held prisoner. I will not be told how long to take in the loo. (Gabrielle)

The first time that I performed as an actor was the first day on the set of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.'