“Tomorrow is the prize of the survivors!”

“Power contains secrets...Secrets contain knowledge...Knowledge contains power.”

“In every language in the universe, the strongest word is truth!”

“Starting with a melody, she'll lead you far away down passages of poetry where dreamers often play.”

“Tonight will be bad, and tomorrow will be beyond imagining.”

“I'm glad tomorrow's a new day 'cause I really messed this one up.”

“A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world."[Speech upon being awarded the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (Peace Prize of the German Book Trade), Frankfurt Book Fair, October 12, 2003]”