All interesting heroes have an Achilles heel.

Love surrounds you like steam in the shower. You can't see the individual drops, but you get warm. And wet. And clean.

For me, the best places to write are on planes, trains and at airports. Not hotel rooms but hotel lobbies. I'm really happy when I'm waiting for a plane and the message comes that it's three hours late. Great, I'll get to write!

When I was a teenager, my father went bust. He could have declared himself bankrupt, but he was an honourable man and he insisted on paying back all his debts. That almost ruined the family. I was aware that my mother and father couldn't control things anymore. I guess I was afraid that we would end up on the street.

To have the chance of being loved we have to take a chance on being destroyed inside

I'm afraid I didn't really like Caracas in Venezuela. From what I saw it seemed so crime-ridden that you really have to be on your guard all the time.

A moral person is someone who accepts the consequences of their own morality, not those of others.