I very much enjoy reading other writers' diaries, mainly because it makes me ask myself: Are they like you? How do they think?

We fall in love more deeply when were unhappy.

I'm a relatively disciplined writer who composes the whole book before beginning to execute and write it. Of course, you can't hold - you cannot imagine a whole novel before you write it; there are limits to human memory and imagination. Lots of things come to your mind as you write a book, but again, I make a plan, chapter, know the plot.

I believe strongly in an author's moral responsibility. But his first obligation is to write good books.

If we give what we treasure most to a Being we love with all our hearts, if we can do that without expecting anything in return, then the world becomes a beautiful place.

In actuality, we don't look for smiles in pictures of bliss, but rather, for the happiness in life itself. Painters know this, but this is preciously what they cannot depict. That's why they substitute the joy of seeing for the joy of life.

There's a lot of pride involved in my refusal to believe in god.