The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. That's why we go to movies and say, "Oh, the book is better.

I savour the idea of my new state: single and a millionaire.

The person who is right is the person who is the strongest, in this case, paradoxically, it's the cowards who are the brave ones, and they manage to impose their ideas on everyone else.

Temptation said that we all dream of committing crimes, but that only the unbalanced make that macabre idea a reality.

The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever.

Only by accepting our desires can we have an idea of who we are.

Happiness: there are a series of rules, and if you fail to follow them, your conscious mind will refuse to accept the idea that you're happy.

I was trying to come round to the idea that there might be an invisible reality capable of interfering in our lives, but the only reason I did so was because of a love I didn't want to believe I felt but which was continuing to grow in a subtle, devastating way. I was content in my universe and didn't want to change it at all, even though I was being propelled in that direction.

We must get rid of the idea of fulfilling what people expect us to do, and start to do what we expect from our lives.