There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see.

Home is not where you were born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease.

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.

Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.

I found myself in a sea in which the waves of joy and sorrow were clashing against each other.

I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while.

You know what I'm afraid of? That God is sick of us.

Visit me once each year, for it's wrong to abandon people forever.

Nothing records the effects of a sad life so graphically as the human body.

The calendar has a magic that makes us imagine a memory can be resurrected and revived, but nothing returns.

The real malady is fear of life, not of death

If somebody never gets enough of you, they will always want more

My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.

You were like fine wine, but cheap wine gets you drunk faster.

I have a terrible time remembering exactly when my birthday is. Age is totally boring.

Honesty isn't enough for me. That becomes very boring. If you can convince people what you're doing is real and it's also bigger than life - that's exciting.

I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerves to rags, I don't want him satisfied.

You do not have to protect people's pocket books. They'll do a better job of that than you will.

I am, I cried. I am, I said. And I am lost.

Never make forecasts, especially about future.

The blessed spirits must be sought within the self which is common to all