Poverty is when large efforts produce small results. Wealth is when small efforts produce large results.

like all other living creatures, I am the descendant of survivors, so the fear in my head is the voice of my ancestors whispering their accumulated wisdom.

What good is a reputation not put to good use.

There are people out there who will not read books, but somehow they'll read my books.

You ever want to feel powerless? Watch the people you care about being hurt and know there is nothing you can do about it.

Face it, the system is rigged, and it's rigged against us.

Just as the athlete has his coach, the Hindu his yogi, and the student his mentor, there are many of us who find wisdom in dogs. Because of their teachings, we are better people.

We are living in a dynamic age with multiple ideas and beliefs of correctness; this world is not deterministic and not still.

Luxury is about pleasing yourself, not dressing for other people

If anything in this life is certain...if history has taught us anything, it's that you cn kill anyone.

It's the duty of all novelists, all painters, all musicians, all people who try to make art move: to look for something they feel authentically, without paying attention to styles.