"A book is a collaboration between a writer and a reader. The writer provides the words, but the reader provides the meaning."

"We are all immigrants, even within ourselves."

"To be born again, we must first die."

"I don't believe in God, but I'm very interested in religion."

"A writer’s life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don’t have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it."