"Memory is a strange thing. It doesn't work like I thought it did. We are so used to thinking of it as a camera or a tape recorder, but it's not like that at all. It's more like a painter. It creates a picture, but it's not always the same picture."

The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it's all that matters.

"The writer's task is to listen to the whispers of the world and give them a voice."