Writers are the exorcists of their own demons.

Memory is a snare, pure and simple; it alters, it subtly rearranges the past to fit the present.

Prosperity or egalitarianism -- you have to choose. I favor freedom -- you never achieve real equality anyway: you simply sacrifice prosperity for an illusion.

Like writing, reading is a protest against the insufficiencies of life.

Life is a shitstorm, in which art is our only umbrella." (spoken by character in a novel by Mario Vargas Llosa)

The secret to a masterpiece is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.

You cannot teach creativity - how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within himself what kind of writer he would like to be.

Its easy to know what you want to say, but not to say it

One can't fight with oneself, for this battle has only one loser.

No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is nothing.

Literature is a form of permanent insurrection. Its mission is to arouse, to disturb, to alarm, to keep men in a constant state of dissatisfaction with themselves.

In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.

I get a huge energy transfusion from listening to poets read their works.

To accuse me of making sensations is the easiest way of attacking me, and in reality leaves the question of sculpture untouched.

Only by examining our personal biases can we truly grow as artists; only by cultivating empathy can we truly grow as people.

The main rule to me is to honor God with your life. To live a life of integrity. Not be selfish. You know, help others. But that's really the essence of the Christian faith.

No power was total, no power permanent, no power absolute.

Sit loosely in the saddle.

It isn't about games, for me, personally, and it never really was. It was about creating something - anything - far bigger than yourself.

Oh, how hard it is to find The one just suited to our mind!

Your thoughts really, truly shape everything in your life that you feel and experience.