Just think of the work you've set yourself to do, and do it as well as you can.

There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.

I think as you grow up and you see things which are around you and you ask questions and you hear the answers, your situation becomes more and more of a puzzle. Now, why is it like this, why are things like this and since writing is one way in which one can ask this questions and try to find these answers, it seems to me a very natural thing to do, especially as it meant stories which I always found moving, almost unbearably necessary.

In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.

When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.

When we hear a house has fallen do we ask if the ceiling fell with it?

If you ask me, Now, is it your best book? I would say, I don't really know. I wouldn't even want to say. And I'd even go on and say, I don't even think so.