I'm like everybody else: weak, full of mistakes, but basically good.

I think that distance is good for some people for certain projects. I mean this is sort of a dynamic question. Some projects require more distance than others, some don't require it at all. Sometimes you need it and sometimes you don't.

Tell her that you love her hair, that you love her skin, her lips, because, in truth, you love them more than you love your own.

If you really want a prize, or if you really want applause, you should try to write as many books as humanly possible.

We all have a blind spot and it's shaped exactly like us.

You can't be a human without seeing.

In order to write the book you want to write, in the end you have to become the person you need to become to write that book.