To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius.

To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius. And easier. Because it's true. It's a new world every heart beat.

A novel should be an experience and convey an emotional truth rather than arguments.

Of all things I find most unbearable is the injustice of one generation to another.

I write the big scenes first, that is, the scenes that carry the meaning of the book, the emotional experience.

No doubt any connoisseur, any collector, some bored old millionaire when he shows off his treasures, is seeking in your praise the resurrection and the life.

Plantie is a very strong Protestant, that is to say, he's against all churches, especially the Protestant: and he thinks a lot of Buddha, Karma and Confucius. He is also a bit of an anarchist and three or four years ago he took up Einstein and vitamins.