I think that in order to write really well and convincingly, one must be somewhat poisoned by emotion.

Men often marry their mothers.

Books should be cherished, like children, books are for the next generation, like children, like history.

It sounds so far away and different. I like different places. I like any places that isn't here.

There's no sauce for play like work.

The feminine in the man is the sugar in the whisky. The masculine in the woman is the yeast in the bread. Without these ingredients the result is flat, without tang or flavor.

But almost any place is Baghdad if you don't know what will happen in it.