A great novel is one that leaves the reader changed.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

A proof tells us where to concentrate our doubts.

Success is a journey, not a destination. It's about the progress you make along the way.

When hitchhiking， look like the person you want to pick you up.

I don’t ask writers about their work habits. I really don’t care. Joyce Carol Oates says somewhere that when writers ask each other what time they start working and when they finish and how much time they take for lunch, they’re actually trying to find out, ‘Is he as crazy as I am?’ I don’t need that question answered.

"To understand a country, you must understand its silences."