An egg is always an adventure; the next one may be different.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

When you look up and don’t see the stars, the universe may have cleared the sky for you to replace them.

The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop.

I write a lot more when I'm happy, because you're hopeful, you're motivated.

If I can see it, it's a failure

I've calmed down, certainly, from the days of being 18, but I'm still having a good time.

The need for peace in Northern Ireland goes well beyond political stability. It now speaks to regional Europe and even global stability.

Life is a terminal disease, and it is sexually transmitted.

If I had known what it would be like to have it all - I might have been willing to settle for less.

Acts perpetrated by women, particularly attractive women, get far more media attention.

If you want to save, put money into superannuation, you will never find a better savings vehicle.