It's amazing how willpower can build walls.

Religion?" Mr Kumar grinned broadly. "I don't believe in religion. Religion is darkness.

It's hard to visualize James Bond without seeing one of the actors who played him. And it's hard to visualize Harry Potter without seeing Daniel Radcliffe. A movie is so visually powerful, so overwhelming, that it tends to crowd out how you might have imagined things.

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

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.

My greatest wish — other than salvation — was to have a book. A long book with a never-ending story. One I could read again and again, with new eyes and a fresh understanding each time.

It is pointless to say that this or that night was the worst of my life. I have so many bad nights to choose from that I've made none the champion.