Words are one of the most powerful things given to human beings. In the hands of artists who can use them properly they are like weapons of mass construction.

The job of a writer is not to convey emotion but to invoke it.

It has shown me that everything is illuminated in the light of the past. It is always along the side of us...on the inside, looking out.

To every corner of the planet, to the young and old, to all humanity. I see your beauty. I really do.

I was trying to work out who I was.

You were born to be among the advisors and thinkers, the spiritual and moral leaders for your society. There is every reason for pride.

Now that it is obvious we are falling at a furious speed, we are now just anticipating how much area will be covered by the dust from impact, how many more will not see their fall coming.

Maggie Smith is an amazing woman, and not as serious in real life.

They had me doing Beach Boys remakes and all that. I was basically a marionette.

Only emotion objectified endures.

I'd say that the question whether love still exists plays the same role in my novels as the question of God's existence in Dostoevsky.

Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!