He knew what he knew: that the real world was full of magic, so magical worlds could easily be real.

Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire to fall.

Certainly, the Hollywood cinema, there's almost nothing of interest coming out of there.

Every time you finish a book, you have a terrible feeling that there's just never going to be another one. But fortunately, so far, the next one has always shown up.

...in words and pickles, I have immortalized my memories, although distortions are inevitable in both methods. We must live, I'm afraid, with the shadows of imperfections.

A man who catches History's eye is thereafter bound to a mistress from whom he will never escape.

The west was involved in toppling the Mossadegh government. That ultimately led to the Iranian revolution.