It sounds boring, but anything is easy to start-starting a novel, starting a business ... it's keeping the thing going that is difficult.

Don't spend time with anyone you don't like.

The only day you should never write and achieve your goals is when the day ends with the letter y.

I like playing smart, savvy, sexy women -- because it's so not me!

At every hour of every day, I can tell you on which page of which book each school child in Italy is studying.

That there is a secret itself is a secret.

Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor the best opportunities; they will never come.

Sail the main course in a simple sturdy craft. Keep her well stocked with short stories and long laughs. Go fast enough to get there but slow enough to see. Moderation seems to be the key.

The future of life on Earth depends on our ability to see the sacred where others see only the common

A man who finishes a book is always alone when he finishes it.

I couldn't get as big as a bodybuilder. I tried to put on as much weight in the right places as I could. My weightlifting was impressive for me, but not for some of the guys I see down at the gym.

New fashions (of all sorts) come from unexpected places, not from the arbiters of what's correct.