Words physically have power to bring things into existence.

The problem is we bear grudges that go a thousand years into the past. Really, I could find people who begrudge the Greeks for doing awful things to the Bulgarians more than a thousand years ago.

The clash of religion. We've had to coexist for hundreds of years in Bulgaria, in the Balkans, and we still don't get along. It's a reason for so much tragedy.

In certain places, not always, there are moments where I tried to convey in English a sense of foreignness. I wanted the reader to get the sense that another language is being spoken.

When I was writing in Bulgarian, I could hide behind beautiful prose.

I don’t know what I’m doing, or where I’m going, but I do know that I want to do whatever it is and get there soon.

As a writer, I've always been interested in others.

What I love more than anything is Jerry Goldsmith's 80's music and Bernard Herrmann's genre music from the 50's and 60's.

Good intentions are very mortal and perishable things. Like very mellow and choice fruit, they are difficult to keep.

Every kid has a bug period... I never grew out of mine.

Poetry became my doctor, my lover.

You must decrease the amount of food you eat and increase the amount of exercise you get. That is all there is to it.

By which I get my wealth-- And very gladly will I drink Your Honour's noble health.

Some people are faster than others; I'm just figuring it out later, that's all. I'm getting smart too late and old too soon.

Hate can only exist where people refuse to speak out against it.