"...a story should be like a roller coaster. That is to say before writing a really cruel scene, I have to lift the people's spirits, for example, with a fun scene... Before writing a scene of pure despair, we must go through scenes of hope. And indeed, when I write, all of this amuses me very much."

“The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion . . . open your eyes wide and actually see this world by attending to its colors, details and irony.”

Source : Orhan Pamuk (2011). “My Name Is Red”, p.343, Faber & Faber

“If you have fun, fine. It's not all life and death.”

“If a dad does his job, we don't need prisons, we don't need jails. That's what I saw growing up.”

“Doubt remains a luxury I won't do without.”

Source : Eleanor Clark (1978). “Eyes, etc: a memoir”, HarperCollins

“It often happens that, if a lie be believed only for an hour, it has done its work, and there is no further occasion for it.”

“There are various orders of beauty, causing men to make fools of themselves in various styles.”

“The metaphor for Palestine is stronger than the Palestine of reality.”

“If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters.”

Source : Colin L. Powell, Joseph E. Persico (2010). “My American Journey”, p.198, Ballantine Books