“The guilty are always the most prone to establish complementary guilt, and the most unforgiving thereafter.”

“If you run away from trouble, it always follows.'Rather my impression, too. Though that never stopped me trying.”

“When I write, I go to live inside the book. By which I mean, mentally I can experience everything I’m writing about. I can see it, hear its sounds, feel its heat or rain. The characters become better known to me than the closest family or friends. This makes the writing-down part very simple most of the time. I only need to describe what’s already there in front of me. That said, it won’t be a surprise if I add that the imagined worlds quickly become entangled with the so-called reality of this one.Since I write almost every day, and I think (and dream) constantly about my work, it occurs to me I must spend more time in all these places than here.”

“Whatever the hell I am, I am Me.”

“It's lovely. I hate it.”

“How massively the mountains stand, while low to the ground the sand blows. The sand blows on and on. And then there are no mountains, none at all, the sand has kissed and whispered them away. And still, the sand blows on.”

“Are not all loves secretly the same? A hundred flowers sprung from a single root.”