Last night, I had that dream again. I dreamt I had to take a test, in a Dairy Queen, on another planet.

You need to try to master the ability to feel sad without actually being sad.

I have written a few children's books. The first book that I wrote was for children. It was called "The Package", and it was a mystery story in pictures. It had no words.

I didn't really understand that Vipassana is a relatively new form of Buddhism that was based on the storage of pain. So the idea is that every time you don't scream, that's your Buddhist side.

I believe that the purpose of death is the release of love.

Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and pass on values from on generation to the next. Books save lives.

Life goes by so fast. It's really - and a lot of times things happen so fast you don't know - how should I react.