I will try to write books until I drop dead.

Fire and water," he said, "don't really mix. You could say they're incompatible. But when they do love each other, they love passionately.

A library book, I imagine, is a happy book.

Let's run away to Venice, and hide out in an old movie theater. We can dye our hair blonde, so no one will ever find us!

My wife loves written words ... you know, words that stick to parchment and paper like dead flies, and it seems my father felt the same - but I want to hear words! Remember that when you are looking for the right words: You must ask yourself what they SOUND like! Glowing with passion, dark with sorrow, sweet with love, that's what I want. - Cosimo

Why do grown-ups think it's easier for children to bear secrets than the truth? Don't they know about the horror stories we imagine to explain the secrets?

Words,words filled the night like the fragrance of invisible flowers.