Of course, to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you. I always was a rich person because money's not related to happiness.

Up until then, whenever anyone had mentioned the possibility of making a film adaptation, my answer had always been, ‘No, I’m not interested.’ I believe that each reader creates his own film inside his head, gives faces to the characters, constructs every scene, hears the voices, smells the smells. And that is why, whenever a reader goes to see a film based on a novel that he likes, he leaves feeling disappointed, saying: ‘the book is so much better than the film.

When each day is the same as the next, it’s because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises.

Use fear as an engine, not as a brake.

Each person is different and each one will reach God by his or her own path.

I understand once again that the greatness of God always reveals itself in the simple things.

If you must say yes, say it with an open heart. If you must say no, say it without fear.