You can’t know a book until you come to the end of it, and then all the rest must be modified to fit that.

Editors are extremely fallible people, all of them. Don't put too much trust in them.

It is those people who know that they are right because some outside or higher power conveys the conviction to them who do the great damage in the world.

Every good thing that comes is accompanied by trouble.

Learn about writing from reading. That is the right way to do it.

Writing, like drawing is an art, and whatever conveys the meaning is justified.

What we publishers think is that our function is to bring everything out into the open, on the theory that we have an adult population that knows values, or can learn them, and let them decide.

The book belongs to the author.

You are all right on time, except for the fact that time is the enemy of us all, and especially of the writer.

I do not think anyone can read War and Peace too much. I read it six times.

You have to throw yourself away when you write.

In the achievement of dreams demands 100 percent dedication.

The only thing that matters is we are here to live our lives.

I believe in the magic and authority of words.

The best way to learn is by doing. The only way to build a strong work ethic is getting your hands dirty.

I get very nervous around famous people and I get nervous around beautiful women.

In all her twisted perfection she had made me fall helplessly in love with her. A life without her in it seemed pointless.

A man endures misfortune without complaint.

This is no honky-tonk parade. 1Q84 is the real world, where a cut draws real blood, where pain is real pain and fear is real fear. The moon in the sky is no paper moon.

I've been told that I'm the best looking brother. Yeah I'm pretty sure the other day some girl tweeted that I was the best looking Subban on Twitter.

Laws must never be made compatible with crimes, no more than lying should be in harmony with the truth.