The truth is a bully we all pretend to like

I think the novel form chose me. I was a writer before I became a criminal... my first instinct was to write.

The past reflects eternally between two mirrors - the bright mirror of words and deeds, and the dark one, full of things we didn't do or say.

Sometimes you break your heart in the right way, if you know what I mean.

Optimism is the first cousin of love, and it's exactly like love in three ways: it's pushy, it has no real sense of humour, and it turns up where you least expect it.

There is no man, and no place, without war. The only thing we can do is choose a side, and fight. That is the only choice we get - who we fight for, who we fight against. That is life.

Sometimes you have to lose to win