I have read all my novels that were translated into English. Reading my novels is enjoyable because I forget almost all the content in them.

I never trust people with no appetite. It's like they're always holding something back on you.

I didn't have much to say to anybody but kept to myself and my books. With my eyes closed, I would touch a familiar book and draw it's fragrance deep inside me. This was enough to make me happy.

Dreams come from the past, not from the future. Dreams shouldn't control you--you should control them.

I always feel like I'm struggling to become someone else. Like I'm trying to find a new place, grab hold of a new life, a new personality. I guess it's part of growing up; it's also an attempt to reinvent myself.

She lived frugally, but her meals were the only things on which she deliberately spent her money. She never compromised on the quality of her groceries, and drank only good-quality wines.

Deep rivers run quiet.