The first thing you have to understand is that I was not desperate to be a writer. I was never a closet writer filing away notes in a cupboard.

I want to show that the underdog can win. I believe were all the same: you, a slum girl, my mother.

The brain is not an organ we are authorized to use. We are supposed to use only our hands and legs.

I need to meet people to be able to write.

I became completely addicted to 'Angry Birds' for a while.

One does not question a miracle.

Global terror does not respect national boundaries.