When there are strange things going on all around, every coincidence should be considered very carefully.

Generally speaking, we can and should say everything. We just have to choose the right time, otherwise the truth can be worse than a lie.

At home the very walls lend you strength.

Love was something different. Love was pure delight, a fountain of emotions, sensual delights, and enjoying spending time together.

If age teaches you anything, then one of its lessons is certainly not to hurry if you're already late.

It's great to be excited by your profession, whether you are a doctor or a writer. I started writing books when I was in medical school and, by the time I graduated, I realized that writing was more exciting to me than being a doctor. And if I tried to be a doctor and a writer, then both would suffer.

This is the inevitable consequence of a popular movie: you become the guy who wrote "the book that inspired the movie." Frankly speaking, I find it a bit insulting.