Grandfather recently died. He died alone on a trip away from home in a town where no one expected him to be

I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.

I do no writing while I'm in Belgrade visiting my grandma.

For me it was a lot harder to come to terms with the death of my grandfather than it was to come to terms with what's happened to the former Yugoslavia.

The best fiction stays with you and changes you.

In my earliest memory, my grandfather is bald as a stone and he takes me to see the tigers.

My grandfather and I were very close.

In the end, all you want is someone to long for you when it comes time to put you in the ground.

No matter how grave the secret, how imperative absolute silence, someone would always feel the urge to confess, and an unleashed secret is a terrible force.

A family has its own rituals and its own superstitions.

Come on, is your heart a sponge or a fist?

When you give up because challenges arise, you are just too ignorant about the power of the gifts you carry within you.

Write truthfully, write from the heart, and your words will live.

As long as you draw breath anywhere -here or ten thousands miles from here- I will love you. I can't help loving you, so I choose to hate you...to make my love bearable.

Tough break-up? Trash stinks, which is why you toss it.

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.

The real riches of yoga cannot be seen; they are felt and experienced from the inside out.

You don't want to get pigeon-holed. So, I always get attracted to parts that are different from the previous ones I've played.

Healing in a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.

I read like an animal. I read under the covers, I read lying in the grass, I read at the dinner table. While other people were talking to me, I read.

There's something unique about me, we just can't figure out what it is.