I don't accept the idea that literature can be just entertainment and that there is no consequences of literature in the real world.

writing fiction is the best thing there is because absolutely everything is possible!

I convinced her that her first loyalty isn't to other people, but to her own feelings.

The secret to a masterpiece is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.

Science is still only a candle glimmering in a great pitch-dark cavern.

Journalism has been very important for me - for a long time I made my living as a journalist, and it also serves as a source of ideas. Many of the things I have written I would not have written without the experience of being a journalist.

You cannot teach creativity - how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within himself what kind of writer he would like to be.