"I am not interested in being a guru. I'm just a writer."

"The only true voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes."

"We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings."

"I think a writer's job is to tell the truth. And the truth is not always pretty."

"I don’t know if I believe in dragons, but I do believe in the people who believe in dragons."