Lots of people have objections to prizes of all types, and it would be extraordinary if everybody agreed on anything that's worthwhile - they never do.

What we leave behind in this life is the memory of who we were and what we did. An imprint, no more.

Do you believe you can change your destiny?' he (Sajhë) said, seeking an answer. Alice found herself nodding. 'Otherwise, what's the point? If we are simply walking a path preordained, then all the experiences that make us who we are - love, grief, joy, learning, changing - would count for nothing.

People think that I'm very serious.

Too often I am jealous and my jealousy leads me to say things-things-that I regret.

Usually I decide on what it is I'm writing next by the books I'm reading.

There comes always a moment when the desire to act, however ill the cause, is stronger than the wish to listen.