“The Earth slowly keeps on turning. But beyond any of those details of the real, there are dreams. And everyone's living in them.”

“Any planet is 'Earth' to those that live on it.”

“In Auschwitz I would often dream about my home. It's interesting that in that hell many of my dreams were quite pleasant. I would tell everyone that I lived for those dreams. The time I was awake was the real nightmare.”

“The sisters were stuck in approximately chapter nine of the book of their lives. It was the chapter in which they discover themselves lost in the woods, and it’s dusk, and they can either turn back and retrace their steps or keep walking. And everyone except them knows that they should turn back. So they keep walking.”

“Are the details of our lives who we are, or is it owning those details that makes the difference?”

“Writers perform an extremely important role: they make others dream, those who are unable to dream for themselves. And everyone needs to dream. Could there be any more important job in life than that?”