Gloom is but a shadow of a cloud passing by

Zoo is an artificial territory, an approximation. Civilization is our natural territory.

I go to mass every Sunday, but love going to mosques too. Muslims pray in a beautiful way.

That's what fiction is about, isn't it, the selective transforming of reality? The twisting of it to bring out its essence?

The worst pair of opposites is boredom and terror. Sometimes your life is a pendulum swing from one to the other.

I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary, how well I know. It has no decency, respects no law or convention, shows no mercy. It goes for your weakest spot, which it finds with unerring ease. It begins in your mind, always. One moment you are feeling calm, self-possessed, happy. Then fear, disguised in the garb of mild-mannered doubt, slips into your mind like a spy.

Life will defend itself no matter how small it is.