We never shape the world . . . the world shapes us.

Not knowing it was hard; knowing it was harder

I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.

I don't work. I keep telling people I'm unemployed. And I don't wash dishes, and I don't wash clothes, and I don't clean my house. Somebody else does that.

Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It's not having no responsibilitie s; it's choosing the ones you want.

From my point of view, your life is already a miracle of chance waiting for you to shape its destiny.

I don't know whether the bird you are holding is dead or alive, but what I do know is that it is in your hands. It is in your hands.