The part of my writing I find the most rewarding is when people write to me or speak to me in public to tell me how his or her life has been changed by my books.

To the ancient Greeks the word, dikaiosini,justice was often synonymous with ekdikisis,vengeance.

Every man is a prisoner, and the greatest irony of all is to be the prisoner of another man.

Surely you’ve been sent from the heavens to teach us mortals what beauty is.

I was scared. Do you know what it's like to hold someone else's life in your hands? It's like playing God. Can you think of anything scarier than that?

When people tell me I've kept them up all night, I feel like I've succeeded.

I admire people who are, by nature, kind and fair to others.