Always write your ideas down however silly or trivial they might seem. Keep a notebook with you at all times.

Stories make you think and dream; books make you want to ask questions.

Read a lot - poems, prose, stories, newspapers, anything. Read books and poems that you think you will like and some that you think might not be for you. You might be surprised.

There's a nobility in his eye, a regal serenity about him. Does he not personify all that men try to be and never can be?

It's the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom.

Don't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life.

Animals are sentient, intelligent, perceptive, funny and entertaining. We owe them a duty of care as we do to children.

Live an interesting life. Meet people. Read a lot and widely, learn from the great writers

Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth.

Being his real brother I could feel I live in his shadows, but I never have and I do not now. I live in his glow.

I can hate you more, but I'll never love you less.

Our scars are like the rings in a tree trunk, showing its progress through life. How we heal and move forward through adversity . . . that is what makes the difference.

One must not trifle with love.

Because the truth is, today's immigrants, as they have for generation after generation, work the longest hours at the hardest jobs for the lowest pay, jobs that are just about impossible to fill.

Friends are the ones who will always have your back and their perspective on you doesn't change no matter what

Progress in civilization has been accompanied by progress in cookery.

Hamlet is every man's self-love with all its dreams realized. He wears all the crowns and carries every cross.

Any protester knows that the only way activism works is to get the people on your side.

People think about autism as something with kids. Well, those kids grow up.

For me, choreography is a process of physical thinking. It's very much in mind as well as in body.

Stop your nonsense and drink your whiskey!