When I was 40, I wrote my first book, The Pilgrimage, and I said to myself, "why did it take so long for me to write this book?" Because my dream, since I was 10 years old, was to be a writer. I said, I have to revisit my life using a metaphor, and the metaphor was basically this boy that has a dream and has to go far away to realize that his dream is close to him.

No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone's eyes.

Love is a disease no one wants to get rid of. Those who catch it never try to get better, and those who suffer do not wish to be cured.

Laugh at your worries and insecurities. View your anxieties with humor. It will be difficult at first, but you'll gradually get used to it.

The act of discovering who we are will force us to accept that we can go further than we think.

I learned long ago that in order to heal my wounds, I must have the courage to face up with them.

The happiness of one does not mean the unhappiness of the others.