The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people’s opinions.”

“You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It’s just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.”

“The more in harmony with yourself you are, the more joyful you are and the more faithful you are. Faith is not to disconnect you from reality – it connects you to reality.”

“You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.

Everybody has a creative potential and from the moment you can express this creative potential, you can start changing the world

Never explain. Your friends won’t need it. And haters will continue to hate (because they also hate themselves)

One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.

When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It's very simple.

The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love.

Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.

I never say I am a guru.

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

I've done everything I wanted to do, even if I have had to pay a very high price - which has been the case most of the time.

It took me 40 years to write my first book. When I was a child, I was encouraged to go to school. I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to death.

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.

I love almost everything about my work except conferences. I am too shy in front of an audience. But I love signings and having eye contact with a reader who already knows my soul.

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.

Things do not always happen the way I would like them to happen, and I had better get used to that.

The gigantic tension before the shooting of an arrow, and the total relaxation seconds later, is my way of connecting to the universe.

I have been practicing archery for a long time; a bow and arrow helps me to unwind.

In writing, I apply my feminine side and respect the mystery involved in creation.

The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever.

With all due respect, the Mona Lisa is overrated.

I'm first and foremost a writer. I followed my personal legend, my childhood dream of becoming a writer, but I can't say why I'm one.