Perhaps the best proof of the Almighty's existence is that we never know when we are to die.

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.

As to the state, from my point of view, the measure of a writer's patriotism is not oaths from a high platform, but how he writes in the language of the people among whom he lives .

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family. Even your super weirdo creep cousin.

Poetry is what is gained in translation.

Every life has a file, if you will.

I don't have principles. I have nerves.