Be individual, break free from the flock to avoid the predictable midsummer haircut.

A traditionalist’s values are gleaned from all that is good in the past.

Those with traditional sense will follow what their heart tells them is right.

Believe in something important. Pursue it wholeheartedly.

Nurture a desire to be free from the clock.

Friends can create our most cherished memories.

Have a dream in your head and a fire in your heart.

Being gentle doesn’t stop us fighting for our dreams.

The act of fishing – for fish, dreams or whatever magic is available – is enough.

Find a part of yourself hidden in the twilight.

We have the freedom of choice, to choose what’s right.

Never stop believing that your dreams are eternal.

My circumstances of unrelieved responsibility and permanent distraction necessitated the short story form.

Travis: The Aphrodite kids were ripping each other’s clothes and throwing lipstick and jewellery. It was like a rabid herd of wild Bratz.

Silence is often the most eloquent answer to our critics.

Zis and zat' when uttered by the French is considered charming, but 'dis and dat' as an Africanism is ridiculed as gross and ugly.

Winning often teaches you about losing and losing often teaches you about winning and a lot of things also happen by luck and you have to be at the right place at the right time.

I had thought of writing, actually, and that later on I'd be a novelist.

To charge Snowden with espionage is a severe form of political persecution.

A sentimental aphorism is even more a surprise than a hard- boiled sonnet.

Always the aim for me is making people feel like they are not alone. That's just the greatest feeling.