It's such a shame that we know so little about our own country, that we can't find it in our hearts to love our own kind. Instead we admire those who show our country disrespect and betray its people.

I have hired a bodyguard, on the recommendation of my friends and the government. It's outrageous, having to live like this.

True literature is more than just a story someone has told. It must provide the reader with the essence of the world on a moral, philosophical and emotional level.

I read a book one day and my whole life was changed.

Real museums are places where Time is transformed into Space.

The knowledge that she could learn to love a man had always meant more to her than loving him effortlessly, more even than falling in love, and that was why she now felt that she was on the threshold of a new life, a happiness bound to endure for a very long time.

The writers secret is not inspiration - for it is never clear where it comes from - it is his stubbornness, his patience.