"Ripe bananas are the mark of a good produce section. A good produce section is the mark of a superior grocery store. A superior grocery store is the mark of a good man."

“I don't really have special rituals, but I don't try to write fiction unless I have a minimum of a few hours. For me, it takes a while to settle into a mode where I'm truly concentrating”

“The clouds, - the only birds that never sleep.”

“I read everything. I've always got a book on the go and I'm really nerdy about it, I get through books and don't remember anything about them afterwards. But I read all sorts, from classic to contemporary.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“I think I work in two worlds. I'll always try to kick through a wall. I did that when I was younger and I still have my way of doing that.”

“She liked to imagine that when she passed, the world looked after her, but she also knew how anonymous she was. Except when she was at work, no one knew where she was at any time of day and no one waited for her. It was immaculate anonymity.”

“Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much.”

“Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of others.”

“Attackers may sometimes regret bad moves, but it is much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by.”

Source : Garry Kasparov (2010). “How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom”, p.73, Bloomsbury Publishing USA