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

The pessimism of the creative person is not decadence but a mighty passion for the redemption of man.

Heaven and earth conspire that everything which has been, be rooted and reduced to dust. Only the dreamers, who dream while awake, call back the shadows of the past and braid nets from the unspun thread.

Actually, the true story of a person's life can never be written. It is beyond the power of literature. The full tale of any life would be both utterly boring and utterly unbelievable.

The more you see what other people do, the more you learn about yourself.

Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together.

Whenever I'm in trouble, I pray. And because I'm in trouble all of the time, I pray almost constantly.