Nietzsche said without music, life would be a mistake. To me, without books, life would be a mistake.

Only when the mind is free has the body a chance to be free. Yes, they must believe, they must believe. Because I know what it means to be a slave. I am a slave.

Nietzsche said without music, life would be a mistake. To me, without books, life would be a mistake.

When I'm sitting in the church alone, I can hear singing of the old people. I can hear their singing and I can hear their praying, and sometimes I hum one of their songs.

I suppose I started writing seriously at 16 years old. I thought I wrote a novel at 16 and sent it to New York! They sent it back because it wasn't novel.

There will always be men struggling to change, and there will always be those who are controlled by the past.

I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.