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.

Life is not about good answers, it is about interesting questions.

Whenever a new situation presented itself, you had to remain cool and distant

Read. Forget everything you've been told about books and read.

We must never make our parents sad, even if this means giving up everything that makes us happy.

Our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs.

God created the visible world so that, through its visible objects, men could understand his spiritual teachings and the marvels of his wisdom