To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.

What a terrible thing it is to botch a farewell.

Blessed be shock. Blessed be the part of us that protects us from too much pain and sorrow. At the heart of life is a fusebox.

What works in a story is very different than what works in cinema. For example, dialogue in books: If you translate it too faithfully, it sounds a little stilted, because we often don't speak the way we speak in novels. Oral language is much punchier, shorter sentences.

I can only tell my story, what you believe is up to you.

Slice a pear and you will find that its flesh is incandescent white. It glows with inner light. Those who carry a knife and a pear are never afraid of the dark.

In my youth, it was my good luck to have a few good teachers, men and women, who came into my head and lit a match.