-Do you think it's dirty money? -All money is dirty. If it were clean nobody would want it..

Few things are more deceptive than memories..

That afternoon the sky was scattered with black clouds galloping in from the sea and clustering over the city. Flashes of lightening echoed on the ho….

You're as white as a nun's buttock. Are you all right?.

Once I'd worked out that I couldn't possibly expect people to enjoy a monstrous, 3000-page book, I realised I could in fact create a labyrinth of a s….

Do you know what religion is, Martin, my friend? -I can barely remember Lord's Prayer. -A beautiful and well-crafted prayer. Poetry aside, a religion….

There was no more good or evil in this world than we imagine there to be, either out of greed or out of innocence. Or sometimes madness..

Contrary to what you believe, the earth does not revolve around the desires of your crotch..

Nothing is fair. The most one can hope is for things to be logical. Justice is a rare illness in a world that is otherwise a picture of health..

If you really want to possess a woman, you must think like her, and the first thing to do is win over her soul. The rest, that sweet, soft wrapping t….

My wife and I were never happy here. Spain can be narrow-minded, and provincial. In LA you don't have to justify yourself. I think I will leave here ….

Do you know the best thing about broken hearts? They can only really break once the rest is just scratches..

I knew when I was writing The Angel's Game that a lot of people would be upset that I didn't write Shadow Of The Wind 2. That's okay, that's part of ….

You know who your true friends are when things go wrong for you, but the opposite is also true. When things go well, the people who really love you a….

Envy is the religion of the mediocre.

People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots..

In Los Angeles you get the sense sometimes that there's a mysterious patrol at night: when the streets are empty and everyone's asleep, they go erasi….

It’s a story of love, of hatred, and of the dreams that live in the shadow of the wind..

This cures everything except stupidity, which is an epidemic on the rise..

Julian spoke with the clear, unequivocal lucidity of madmen who have escaped the hypocrisy of having to abide by a reality that makes no sense..

People might not agree with me, but I think a woman should have a feminine shape, something you can get your hands on. You, on the other hand, look l….