"The only way to write is to write."

"The young are quick to see the ridiculous."

"The human brain is a wonderful thing. It starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public."

"I don’t consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin."

"I'm not a prophet. Prophets can see into the future. I just look at the present very carefully."