I have to be alone very often. I’d be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That’s how I refuel.

"You have to be willing to take risks to achieve great things."

The only way to tell the truth is to speak with authority, and the only way to speak with authority is to claim the right to tell the truth.

Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to each other.

The most powerful stories are those that resonate with our own experiences.

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.