"Two questions form the foundation of all novels: ‘What if?’ and ‘What next?’" — Tom Clancy

“Psychological realism demands that sometimes the wicked prosper.” — Ian McEwan

“I make it my business not to write two novels in the same mode. I try to change everything.” — Orhan Pamuk

"Around the hero everything becomes a tragedy, around the kitten a play-thing." — Friedrich Nietzsche