"That's what music is: entertainment. The more you put yourself into it, the more of you comes out in it."

“These funerals always appear to me the more indecent in a populous city, from the total indifference of the beholders, and the perfect unconcern with which they are beheld.”

Source : Karl Philipp Moritz (2010). “Travels in England in 1782”, p.14, BoD – Books on Demand

“Imagery is like music.”

“I never think of an entire book at once. I always just start with a very small idea. In 'Holes,' I just began with the setting; a juvenile correctional facility located in the Texas desert. Then I slowly make up the story, and rewrite it several times, and each time I rewrite it, I get new ideas, and change the old ideas around.”

“The difference between being a winner and being a loser is how you pick yourself up again, especially when you're down for the third or fourth or twentieth time!”

“I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives.”

Source : R. J. Palacio (2017). “The Wonder eOmni Collection: Wonder, Auggie & Me, 365 Days of Wonder”, p.240, Knopf Books for Young Readers

“An American has not seen the United States until he has seen Mardi-Gras in New Orleans.”

“Terror attacks in Mumbai have grown due to increase in the population of the north Indians in the city.”

“Basically National Socialism and Marxism are the same.”