Comfort has its place, but it seems rude to visit another country dressed as if you’ve come to mow its lawns.

Einstein wrote that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. That said, is it crazier to repeatedly throw yourself against a window, or to repeatedly open that window, believing the creatures that are throwing themselves against it might come into your house, take a look around, and leave with no hard feelings?

I started writing when I was twenty, and my first book came out seventeen years later.

I go to the movies at least five times a week, and after a while everything becomes a blur to me.

I meet people at book signings. My record now, for signing, is ten and a half hours in one sitting.

Remember that the most important thing is to try and love other people as much as they love you.

As bad a dresser as I am, anything beats being judged by my character.