the old ploy of the powerful: never refuse when you can confuse. Distraction and delay are always better than obstruction.

There's always trouble in the Middle East. I can't recall any time in my life when there hasn't been trouble there.

what you fear, you invite.

The author portrays himself in every line he writes and portrayal is always betrayal.

Falling in love is like religious conversion. It goes on for a long time below the threshold before it reaches consciousness.

fiction and lies are both works of creative art, and creation always reveals the creator.

Diamonds are the tears of the poor.