Salzburg... is a mountain town with a rushing river running right through the center, everything in the rain various shades of green and brown.

People are always waiting to be discovered.

Yo can always take back the lost parts of yourself if you can find and recognize them.

Lying is too much trouble. You have to make sure to taste each word before letting it off your tongue. I hate that. It's hard enough making people understand without lying.

I have never heard anyone say This is it. I know right now is the high point of my life. It will never get any better. Only in retrospect do we recognize the best times and of course then it is too late.

Writing a short story is like having a short intense affair, whereas writing a novel is like a long rich marriage.

The Viennese wash everything. Where else in the world does the government hire public servants to wash public telephone booths and the glass over traffic lights? Every time I see someone doing these things, I smile like a child.