We grow older, but we do not change. We become more sophisticated, but at bottom we continue to resemble our young selves, eager to listen to the next story and the next, and the next.

Novels are fictions and therefore they tell lies, but through those lies every novelist attempts to tell the truth about the world.

There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round.

Stories only happen to those who are able to tell them.

It always stimulates me to discover new examples of my own prejudice and stupidity, to realize that I don't know half as much as I think I do.

One should never underestimate the power of books.

If you're not ready for everything, you're not ready for anything.

Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever.

It often happens that things are other than what they seem, and you can get yourself into trouble by jumping to conclusions.

Memory is the space in which a thing happens for a second time.

It seems to me that I will always be happy in the place where I am not.

Leadership is about taking steps while management is about drawing the map on the steps to take. Managers simply plan, leaders simply execute!

I have a very strong sense that we only know where we are by looking clearly at where we've come from.

Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action.

I was into writing and directing. I was a bit of a reluctant actor. I would always ask friends to shoot or direct their movies, but then they'd want me to be in them.

Why would a man need both a wife and a mistress? A smart man would seek out and fall in love with a woman who can play both.

Lethal Weapon 2 used the platform to talk about the apartheid system. That was a very important moment for us.

I want to enjoy myself in this planet for as long as I can for the people I care about.

A woman has no control over herself.

The years don't always add wisdom, but they do add perspective.

No one smiled at me, or looked at me twice; shopping has become my time of reckoning; I will never be able to purchase the stardom I have lost.