Whatever can't be expressed might as well not exist.

To be able to grasp something of value, sometimes you have to perform seemingly inefficient acts.

Maybe it's just hiding somewhere. Or gone on a trip to come home. But falling in love is always a pretty crazy thing. It might appear out of the blue and just grab you. Who knows — maybe even tomorrow.

It is not that the meaning cannot be explained. But there are certain meanings that are lost forever the moment they are explained in words.

[But] we accept irony through a device called metaphor. And through that we grow and become deeper human beings.

If there's any guy crazy enough to attack me, I'm going to show him the end of the world -- close up. I'm going to let him see the kingdom come with his own eyes. I'm going to send him straight to the southern hemisphere and let the ashes of death rain all over him and the kangaroos and the wallabies.

Writing a long novel is like survival training. Physical strength is as necessary as artistic sensitivity.