[W]hen I put Jorge in the library I did not yet know he was the murderer. He acted on his own, so to speak. And it must not be thought that this is an 'idealistic' position, as if I were saying that the characters have an autonomous life and the auth...
Saying that 'I am a grateful alcoholic' will then reflect the truth about who we have become in our person, having understood deeply and intimately that God in his grace can turn any evil, any pain we have suffered or inflicted, to good purpose. – ...
Yoga says instinct is a trace of an old experience that has been repeated many times and the impressions have sunk down to the bottom of the mental lake. Although they go down, they aren’t completely erased. Don’t think you ever forget anything. ...
Literary style is like crystal-ware: the cleaner the wineglass, the brighter the brilliance. As a reader, I agree with those who believe that a colour of the dress, which a character has on, as well as any enumeration and description of dishes at din...
I read and write for character. If I like and can relate to the characters in a story I can enjoy any kind of story. I also want something with a definitive plot—you know, beginning, middle and end--that has forward motion. I don’t like series bo...
I think politics is deadly to write about, frankly. If you have a political agenda and you set out to write a novel to prove that, say, capitalism should crumble, then it's going to be a really bad novel. Very few people have been able to deal with p...
Imagine that you are stuck on a long train ride and must choose one of two books to read in order to pass the time: the first is a novel whose main character is an office worker who is essentially working to pay his monthly cable bill; the second is ...
From a relatively early age I got interested in business.
I think it's interesting that 'cologne' rhymes with 'alone.'
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
Belly was not a bad movie. It was visually very interesting.
I really have no interest in myself.
I'm just trying to do things that are interesting for me.
What is interesting to me about Vikings is that they were failed farmers.
I'm more interested in producing than acting.
The Exorcist has been a very interesting cross to bear.
You never know what could be interesting tomorrow.
I'm not a man deeply interested in technology. It eludes me.
I'm not trying to stump anybody... it's the beauty of the language that I'm interested in.
It was also my experience at Hull-House that aroused my interest in industrial diseases.
I'm currently in an interesting correspondence with a nun about forgiveness.
