It is well for his peace that the saint goes to his martyrdom. He is spared the sight of the horror of his harvest.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

Heaven and Hell are within you. Choose wisely or to hell with you!

I wanted to be curious and smart and unappeasable until I got a sentence to mean exactly what I ordered it to mean.

It's true, some senior Hungarian writers are not known for their laughter. There is a strong Germanic influence - an attitude that if it's enjoyable it can't possibly be literature.

Working with crocodiles is always amazing because they're beautiful. They're modern day dinosaurs, which is really cool.

The first thing I noticed about him was that he was born the same year I was drafted. ... That's a pretty scary thought.

A lot of manuscripts that come in, you wonder by what outrageous fantasy the author believes that this should be pressed into print.

History has tried hard to teach us that we can't have good government under politicians. Now, to go and stick one at the very head of the government couldn't be wise.

Reach beyond your grasp. Your goals should be grand enough to get the best of you.

The religion is a formality. What matters is you show respect to God and your faith in God.

Secular humanism debases the human.