Authority could derive from passion, not pieces of paper.

The three most written-about subjects of all time are Jesus, the Civil War, and the Titanic.

We are living in an era of such interesting new forms, and certainly narrative non-fiction has emerged as a major form. People who are great writers don't have to write novels anymore.

Taste is a mystery.

Alchemy: In times of recession it's not wise to argue about the price of gold.

Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king.

Time's stern tide, with cold Oblivion's wave, Shall soon dissolve each fair, each fading charm.

We'll have infinite bandwidth in a decade's time.

The only readers we get are people whom our subject interests. No one reads ads for amusement, long or short... Give them enough to take action

As I walked briskly out the road the wind knifed at my face, but this sun caressed the back of my neck.

Figure skating is a bit dated - it's like that tweed jacket you pull out of the back of your closet from time to time, and I'm going to try to Chanel it up a little bit.

If they had wanted to punish me, they should have kept me in a communal apartment. Then I would have become a wreck.

As long as I think I 'should' do it, I'll resist it, even if I want very much to do it.

To a small child, the perfect granddad is unafraid of big dogs and fierce storms but absolutely terrified of the word "boo."