A writer is a maker, not a man of action: his private life is of no concern to anybody but himself, his family and his friends.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Water is the soul of the Earth.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and let our illusions die.

Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.

Herds of reindeer move across Miles and miles of golden moss

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'

Few people take an interest in Iceland, but in those few the interest is passionate.

No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.

We need to take turns - it's the kind thing to do.

My strength would be my honesty and my passion towards my work.

Love well, whip well.

I've always been wary of marriage.

And when the time comes to replace the O2 I have today, maybe my next machine will run Linux.

I was interested in both Western and Indian classical music.

Much of my time is taken up by reading, researching and trying out ideas.

The dead are all holy, even they that were base and wicked while alive. Their baseness and wickedness was not they, was but the heavy and unmanageable environment that lay round them.

We live in a very complex world.

I don't see how he lost five games during the season.