Silence is the loudest sound in art.

Sustainability isn’t an option; it’s the only way forward.

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know life is a complex matter.

The artist must be a bridge between the visible and the invisible.

To live is to be marked. To live is to change, to acquire the words of a story, and that is the only celebration we mortals really know.

I believe that the job of the novelist is to go out into the world and to bring back news of the human condition.