A young wine is like a horse, it is extremely vibrant. It needs taming. It has lots of life, the edges need bevelling and we need to reduce the tannins.

I've been so showered in life, beyond my wildest dreams, such as having a loving partner I never thought I'd have.

I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.

The best memories are those which we have forgotten.

You're not born with a walk like that. You have to earn it.

History gives us a kind of chart, and we dare not surrender even a small rushlight in the darkness. The hasty reformer who does not remember the past will find himself condemned to repeat it.

In my free time I do differential and integral calculus.

The definition of a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.

I'm mostly a novelist these days, but I have written short stories in Fantasy, Science Fiction and horror.

With Fellini, the fear dropped out of my work because it was such a happy experience... hanging out with Fellini, having pasta on the set with Fellini, and going out with Fellini!

God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.