He was not oppressed by a crowd because in the midst of all the hullabaloo he always found a quiet place for his soul.

I'm surrounded by young people. I'm always now the oldest and the shortest person in the room.

You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend, or not.

I seek truth and beauty in the transparency of an autumn leaf, in the perfect form of a seashell on the beach, in the curve of a woman's back, in the texture of an ancient tree trunk, but also in the elusive forms of reality.

Writing is a calling, not a choice.

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

We've lost our sense of ethics; we live in a world of small-mindedness, of gratification without happiness and actions without meaning.