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" When I'm dancing, I'm not thinking about anything. I am here. I am totally there. You know? And the feeling is a sensation of being away from myself. My soul dances with the angels, and my body dances with my wife. "

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" My literature is much more the result of a paradox than that of an implacable logic, typical of police novels. The paradox is the tension that exists in my soul. "

" Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude is not whether you go to parliament; it's how you deal with your life, with your surroundings. "

" When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. "

" When I write a book, I write a book for myself; the reaction is up to the reader. It's not my business whether people like or dislike it. "

" Everything is possible, from angels to demons to economists and politicians. "

" With all due respect, the Mona Lisa is overrated. "

" I am a Catholic, not so committed to the church, but to the idea of the Virgin, the female face of God. "

" I am not a self-help writer. I am a self-problem writer. When people read my books, I provoke some things. I cannot justify my work. I do my work; it is up to them to classify it, to judge. "

" I talk to my readers on social networking sites, but I never tell them what the book is about. Writing is lonely, so from time to time I talk to them on the Internet. It's like chatting at a bar without leaving your office. I talk with them about a lot of things other than my books. "

" The more violent the storm, the quicker it passes. "

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" My readers - and I get 400 emails for a day, my readers normally they say, well, you understand me, and I answer, you do understand me also. We are in the same level. "

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" I'd have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money. "

" Everything for me is sacred, beginning with earth, but also going to things made by man. "

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" Sometimes I catch myself stooping, and whenever I am like that, I am sure something is not quite right. "

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" Twitter is my bar. I sit at the counter and listen to the conversations, starting others, feeling the atmosphere. "

" Writing means sharing. It's part of the human condition to want to share things - thoughts, ideas, opinions. "

" Once I found this possibility to use Twitter and Facebook and my blog to connect to my readers, I'm going to use it, to connect to them and to share thoughts that I cannot use in the book. "

" I wanted to write when I was young, but people said it was impossible. Then my parents locked me in a mental institution - they said I was crazy and would never make a living from writing. "

" Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere. "

" I am 100 per cent Virgo, stubborn, over-organised, slightly abstracted from the rest of the world. "

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" I believe enlightenment or revelation comes in daily life. I look for joy, the peace of action. You need action. I'd have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money. "

" Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility. "

" You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen. "

" Writing is a solitary experience. I'm extremely superstitious. If I talk about the book or name the title out loud before finishing, I feel the energy I need to write will be drained. It's so intimate, I can't even share it with my wife. "

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" The only thing that relaxes me is archery. That's why I have to have apartments with gardens. "

" It's very difficult to read a book on your computer. "

" I don't go to parties in general. "

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" We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery. "