People have different views of how you deal with different issues in literature, and, frankly, long may it last that there is a range of views.

We are who we are, be­cause of those we choose to love and be­cause of those who love us.

One cannot always marry the person one loves.

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

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

History is written by the victors, the strongest, the most determined. Truth is found most often in the silence, in the quiet places.

People think that I'm very serious.