每个国家的历史始于一个人的心灵中。

我不是那种会让我的专注力下降的人。

写作是一种爱的行为，是对居住在我们体内并定义我们的词语的完全奉献。

You have to trust your instincts.

I think we have been through a period where too many people have been given to understand that if they have a problem, it's the government's job to cope with it. 'I have a problem, I'll get a grant.' 'I'm homeless, the government must house me.' They're casting their problem on society. And, you know, there is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first. It's our duty to look after ourselves and then, also to look after our neighbour. People have got the entitlements too much in mind, without the obligations.

"The novel is a way of thinking about the world, a way of understanding the world."

"In every character, there is a piece of the writer, a piece of the director, and a piece of the actor. It's a collaboration of souls."