Your first realization when you become an important person is that all day and all night, whatever the circumstances, people want to hear you talk about yourself.

I must warn you that the books I like are not necessarily the ones I think are the best. I like them for various reasons not always easy to explain.

He would wake for no reason in the middle of the night, and the memory of the self-absorbed love was revealed to him for what it was: a pitfall of happiness that he despised and desired at the same time, but from which it was impossible to escape.

All my life, I've been frightened at the moment I sit down to write.

I discovered the miracle that all things that sound are music, including the dishes and silverware in the dishwasher, as long as they fulfill the illusion of showing us where life is heading.

An ash-gray dog with a white blaze on its forehead burst onto the rough terrain of the market on the first Sunday in December, knocked down tables of fried food, overturned Indians' stalls and lottery kiosks, and bit four people who happened to cross its path.

No matter what, nobody can take away the dances you've already had.