‎Not having time for a person, not being able to sit in silence together with somebody, that's the same as rejecting them, as being scornful about them.

To grow up is to wonder about things; to be grown up is to slowly forget the things you wondered about as a child.

Novels are . . . an unsurpassed form to understand people.

It was a clear, starry night, dead calm. Whenever I see a sky like that, I wish I could write music

The stories I create are never as awful as reality.

Have I ever written anything that has really changed something? What I believe is that you can't change anything without using art. I believe that the drops wear away the stone. I try to be part of that army.

It’s only when we can work with something that brings out our strengths that we’re of any real use.