A single conversation can change things.

What is the task of the translator? I think the task depends on the book and on the translator.

I've never had the impulse for someone else to translate me into my own language. My impulse has always been to translate someone else into mine.

It would be great if I woke up tomorrow and could speak Persian. Wouldn't you love to wake and have a language in your mind that wasn't there the night before?

Humor is serious work. But it keeps everybody at the table.

To have made a coat of words and cloaked yourself in it.

We are here to know the unknown, love everyone, feel the joy of life and then we parish with infinite happiness.

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

In silence and in meditation on the eternal truths, I hear the voice of God which excites our hearts to greater love.

The Sea Will be the Sea Whatever the drop's philosophy.

I studied at a grammar school and later at the University of Vienna in the Faculty of Medicine.

They’re always like, 'That’s not what happened in the books, so the show’s really bad now.' But really, they just feel insecure because they’re used to knowing what’s coming next.

And of course death can't be conquered...but oh, the battle can be glorious.

There is no planet B. We have to take care of the one we have

I do find working with people in the entertainment industry hard. It can cause anxiety and depression.

Don't spend your money till you have it.