The first thing to be done by a biographer in estimating character is to examine the stubs of the victim's cheque books.

There’s nothing typical about Genuine Love. To be loved authentically is to be blessed beyond measure. Only a fool would take advantage of something that so many people yearn for.

American citizens should not lose their constitutional rights because they lack the money to pay for them.

The essence of wisdom, from a practical standpoint, is pausing long enough to look at our lives-invitations, opportunities, relationships-from God's perspective. And then acting on it

I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer who happens to write in English.

When you’re O.C.D., you want the most beautiful animals.

I do a film because I like the story and I want to give life to a character - I don't necessarily have to agree with the director.

It is clear that the way to heal society of its violence . . . and lack of love is to replace the pyramid of domination with the circle of equality and respect.

When, in the third book, we do learn the identity of the Blue Rose murderer, the information comes in a muted, nearly off-hand manner, and the man has died long before.

I have been trying to lose weight for the last two-three months and it has gone really well. In the last 6-12 months I have been in the best form in quite a while.