Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic.

There is no such thing as a secure writer: every novel is an impossible mountain.

On one hand we go like hell for every terror cell we can find, we penetrate it, we destroy it. On the other hand, there is a much bigger need for a political solution.

Luck's just another word for destiny... either you make your own or you're screwed.

To possess another language is to possess another soul.

My definition of a decent society is one that first of all takes care of its losers, and protects its weak.

People who've had very unhappy childhoods are pretty good at inventing themselves. If nobody invents you for yourself, nothing is left but to invent yourself for others.