It is easy to smile at an insult and pretend it's funny when the person insulting you is hosing you with money.

The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.

Each of us will have to make the choices that allow us to be the largest versions of ourselves.

It's like my whole world is coming undone, but when I write, my pencil is a needle and thread, and I'm stitching the scraps back together.

A novel is not, after all, a historical document, but a way to travel through the human heart.

I write to find out what I am thinking. I write to find out who I am. I write to understand things.

A book does not discriminate against any reader. All are welcome at the table of literature.

Don't plan it all. Let life surprise you a little.

Everyone needs a strong sense of self. It is our base of operations for everything that we do in life.

I admit that for me love goes deeper than the struggle, or maybe what I mean is, love is the deeper struggle.

Every writer can tell you that a book is only truly alive when it finds passionate readers who bring it alive in their imaginations.

The human heart is like the reflection on the water's surface. The mouth says things opposite to what the heart really feels.

Who needs immortal strength when you've got weapons of mass destruction?

May the soul of the late President Milton Obote... a long-time member of this parliament, rest in peace.

Whatever colors you have in your mind, I'll show them to you and you'll see them shine.

I'm competitive. I like to compete, and that's basically what the decathlon lets me do.

The Hunger Games' for me is I love the books so much and the character and the story were incredible. That's kind of the game plan is just do really interesting stories with interesting characters.

The fact is that the American government and NATO have destroyed Iraq and Afghanistan. Their next targets will be Syria and Iran.

I find writing extremely difficult. I usually have to drag myself to my desk, mainly because I doubt myself. And it's getting harder because I want to improve with every book.

It seems we're always in transition and that it's more about trends than it is about what's meaningful.

A straight nose is a great help if one wishes to look serious'.