...in my dreams the world would come alive, becoming so captivatingly majestic, free and ethereal, that afterwards it would be oppressive to breathe the dust of this painted life.

Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.

And the rest is rust and stardust.

Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.

Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.

Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.

When you have the power of time, you can take possession of your time, there is nothing you cannot become.

By being natural and sincere, one often can create revolutions without having sought them.

If you know the brightness of your heart, you will never fear darkness.

Privacy is something you can sell, but you can't buy it back.

There is one last thing to remember: writers are always selling somebody out.

I don't think there's a... boundary between digital media and print media. Every magazine is doing an online version.

I am a huge fan of 'Doctor Who.'

Whether a person is physically in front of you or not, the love remains.

The liberation cannot be reached but by means of the perception of the identity of the individual spirit with the universal spirit.