"You have to be consistent. You have to be yourself. You have to be committed to what you're doing. You have to not be afraid to be ambitious."

“I began visiting Lima's prisons back in 2007, when my first novel, 'Lost City Radio,' was published in Peru.”

Source : "This Week in Fiction: Daniel Alarcón" by Deborah Treisman, www.newyorker.com. July 21, 2013.

“The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous.”

“Nothing terrible has ever happened except in our thinking. Reality is always good, even in situations that seem like nightmares. The story we tell is the only nightmare that we have lived.”

“Charlie Christian showed me a lot, and was a great help, but even then, I realised that if I was going to make it, it was no use copying Charlie”

“I have earned the money and changed the nappies!”

Source : "In conversation - Bernie Ecclestone and Nico Rosberg". Interview With Nico Rosberg, www.formula1.com. May 24, 2015.

“Documentary filmmaking has all the challenges and hardships of narrative filmmaking without any of the infrastructure or support. That's both a blessing and a curse.”

“Talking about spirituality is like talking about new love - it always sounds kooky to those who aren't experiencing it.”

Source : Twitter post from Feb 25, 2012

“The fun of getting dressed is it's a creative experience.”