At the age of thirty-five, I have just begun to become the kind of person who could understand the kind of book I would want to write.

Words are a form of action, capable of influencing change.

There are plenty of alcoholics who can be magnificent when drunk: it does not make them any less alcoholic.

No matter what the subject, the subject is always love.

The real trap of fame is its irresistibility.

Imagination has always had powers of resurrection that no science can match.

Even the most ordinary life is a mystery if you look close enough.