The characters have their own lives and their own logic, and you have to act accordingly.

Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together.

No technological achievements can mitigate the disappointment of modern man, his loneliness, his feeling of inferiority, and his fear of war, revolution and terror. Not only has our generation lost faith in Providence but also in man himself, in his institutions and often in those who are nearest to him.

A story to me must have some surprise...I must have a passion to write the story.

There is a plan to this universe. There is a high intelligence, maybe even a purpose, but it's given to us on the installment plan.

Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.