After you have put food on your table, make sure you invest in really good walking shoes and a good bed.

Read two newspapers a day. And not just online. Hold them in your hands. Get ink on your fingers.

Refuse to be cynical. Refuse to think that things can never change.

Brain waves are like personal handwriting.

People need stories...we use stories to teach, to learn, to make sense of the world around us. As long as we need stories, we will need books.

I should never have allowed you to kiss me." "Saints, Shona." Could she not see that he cared for her? 'Twas not as if he merely wanted beneath her skirts. She had stolen his heart.

My worthiness is all my doubt His Merit- all my fear- Contrasting which my quality Does however appear

A sound soul dwells within a sound mind and a sound body.

Some pieces in the King's Indian appear on a 'special price' list: the dark square bishops are at the top of that list.

... people who don't want something are less likely to get it than people who do want something.

It vexes me greatly that having to earn my living has forced me to interrupt the work and to attend to small matters.

Have respect for yourself and no one can take away your self respect.

A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.