Money is like any other virus: once it has rotted the soul of the person who houses it, it sets off in search of new blood.

Money is like any other virus: once it has rotted the soul of the person who houses it, it sets off in search of new blood.

When 'The Shadow of the Wind' became a success I had already been a working writer, I'd been through the ups and downs, I'd seen how it worked.

Disarmed, I realized how easily you can lose all animosity toward someone you've deemed your enemy as soon as that person stops behaving as such.

One mustn't dream of one's future; one must earn it.

A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.

A good liar knows that the most efficient lie is always a truth that has had a key piece removed from it.