The fact people think that when you sell a lot of books you are not a serious writer is a great insult to the readership. I get a little angry when people try to say such a thing.

The media could do a much better job, that's for sure, especially the media that targets women... Human rights? They couldn't care less!

More and more books are published every year. If people were not reading them, they wouldn't be published. We are in a different moment. We are now reading electronic books or whatever else, but people are still reading, and people still need stories.

How many times have I told you not to believe everything you hear? Seek truth for yourself.

The names of persons and living creatures demand respect, because when we speak to them we touch their heart and become a part of thier life force.

I don't think of literature as an end in itself. It's just a way of communicating something.

My grandfather was dying, and told the family he had decided to die. ... At that moment I wanted so badly to write and tell him that he was never going to die, that somehow he would always be present in my life, because he had a theory that death didn't exist, only forgetfulness did. He believed that if you can keep people in your memory, they will live forever. That's what he did with my grandmother.