His soul is in his stories. I once asked him who inspired him to create his characters, and his answer was no one. That all his characters were himself.

Memories are worse than bullets.

In those days I learned that nothing is more frightening than a hero who lives to tell his story, to tell what all those who fell at his side will never be able to tell.

It was a well-known fact that the richness of buttery foods led to the moral ruin and confusion of the intellect.

It is impossible to survive in a prolonged state of reality, at least for human beings. We spend a good part of our lives dreaming, especially when we're awake.

You don't win a game by hitting the ball out of the court.

If people thought a quarter of what they speak, this world would be heaven.