What about the future?""We'll talk about the future when it gets here.

No fear is unbearable, she concluded, unless you've got time on your hands and a healthy imagination.

My hand lowered slowly to my side. It trembled. "There is no affection, " I said, each syllable a measured force of emotion I dared not allow purchase, "that will endure when treated as a thing.

I’ve broken your heart, haven’t I?”“A million times. And you can break it a million times more, Luna Moon. There will never be a day in my life that I don’t love you.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

Either you're growing or you're decaying; there's no middle ground. If you're standing still, you're decaying.

There can be no great love without exclusivity.

Writing novels takes up about 100% of my available working time.

"I don't know whether you are a saint or a fool" said my lawyer. I replied "Is there a difference?"

There is no "ruler" in our country. Poland is a democracy. Our Prime Minister leads the government; the President is fulfilling his tasks. But there is a little bit left for the party leader.

We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling itself stories.

I think I understand the line between my job and the director's. I have no interest in directing. Not my movie, not your movie, nobody's movie.