Even castles in the sky can do with a fresh coat of paint.
People want to be bowled over by something special. Nine times out of ten you might strike out, but that tenth time, that peak experience, is what people want. That's what can move the world. That's art.
It was a short one-paragraph item in the morning edition.
What's nurtured slowly grows well.
That's how people live in the real world: forcing stuff on each other.
I am 55 years old now. It takes three years to write one book. I don't know how many books I will be able to write before I die. It is like a countdown. So with each book I am praying - please let me live until I am finished.