Beauty is the greatest seducer of man.

Everybody has a creative potential and from the moment you can express this creative potential, you can start changing the world.

We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery.

When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It's very simple.

I think you can have 10,000 explanations for failure, but no good explanation for success.

I hate to be smart.

I'm not a person that socializes very well.

I've done everything I wanted to do, even if I have had to pay a very high price - which has been the case most of the time.

Music for me, it demands full concentration.

You should treat a muse like a fairy.

MySpace is an addiction.

Everything is possible, from angels to demons to economists and politicians.

It took me 40 years to write my first book.

I don't try to control my days.

Twitter is my bar. I sit at the counter and listen to the conversations, starting others, feeling the atmosphere.

I am a Catholic.

Writers are lampposts and critics are dogs. Ask lampposts what they think about dogs. Does the dog hurt the lamppost?

It's very difficult to read a book on your computer.

Today, writers want to impress other writers.

I was arrested three times and tortured once.