One is never wholly conscious of the greed hidden in one's heart until one hears the sweet sound of silver.

Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.

somethings can only be seen in the shadows

Barcelona is a very old city in which you can feel the weight of history; it is haunted by history. You cannot walk around it without perceiving it.

All true stories begin and end in a cemetery" - The Shadow of the Wind

Every labyrinth has its minotaur

The haunting of history is ever present in Barcelona. I see cities as organisms, as living creatures. To me, Madrid is a man and Barcelona is a woman. And its a woman whos extremely vain.

A good liar knows that the most efficient lie is always a truth that has had a key piece removed from it.

Waiting is the rust of the soul.

Sometimes we think people are like lottery tickets, that they're there to make our most absurd dreams come true.

One mustn't dream of one's future; one must earn it.

We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed.

Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness, but not loneliness. It is the worst of all tortures, the worst of all sufferings.

True friendships are life-saving bridges over troubled waters.

Plays by Alan Ayckbourn have been attracting larger audiences in the regional theatres than those of Shakespeare.

I trust that I can hit a fastball, that I can hit any pitch they throw to me.

I'm a Christian first, and a mean-spirited, bigoted conservative second, and don't you ever forget it.

Success demands paranoia.

There were very, very large sums of money that I made when I was very young - 15 million published works and a great many successful movies don't make nothin'.

You cannot intellectualize the Divine. You have to experience it on your central nervous system.

That’s the key to new and good ideas; they come from having a very broad and multidisciplinary range of interests.