Everybody takes what they life from the teachings of the church, and ignores the parts that don't suit them.

It's great that in the German language I've sold almost 30 million books. Isn't that amazing?

It was an odd thing to do, to stand in a street in the hope of seeing someone who hardly knew him, but he did not want to move.

Knotty theological questions are the least worrying of problems to me. Why? Because they will be resolved in the hereafter, and meanwhile they can be safely shelved.

For success, the author must make the reader care about the destiny of the principals, and sustain this anxiety, or suspense, for about 100,000 words.

She wanted to say 'I love you like a thunderstorm, like a lion, like a helpless rage'.

I enjoy learning technical details.