Conceit is a privilege of the ignorant; the wise man is humble because he knows how little he knows.

Aphrodite is about lust and gluttony - the only two sins worth committing, in my opinion.

Fear is like a black cavern that is terrifying. Once you enter the cavern and explore it, you realize that you can get out of it, go through it and get out of it. Then there's another cavern that is just as big and terrifying, and you just go in and dwell in it and see what is the worst that can happen.

A man does what he can; a woman does what a man cannot.

In my lifetime, the world has become better, not worse. And the world is moving, very slowly but surely with more democracy and more liberal way of thinking, more inclusion and more diversity.

A book is not an end in itself; it is only a way to touch someone - a bridge extended across a space of loneliness and obscurity - and sometimes it is a way of winning other people to our causes.

Writing is a process, a journey into memory and the soul.