Beware the beast, but enjoy the feast he offers.

All I am is smoke and mirrors.

This is who I am Escapist Paradise Seeker Farewell, time to fly Out of sight Out of time Away from all lies

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.

Now you're an adult, Katya!" he'd said, picking her up under the armpits like he'd been doing since she'd been born.

Education is everything - education is your power, education is your way in life for whatever you want to do.

People talk to you and they try to convince you that they like what they do just because it sucks less than what they used to do... which sucked a lot.

The thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely.

Chance is a nickname for Providence.

I don't feel as though I have to prove anything to anybody.

Good intentions do not guarantee good results. Somehow Andrew Keates turns works of merit into evenings of entertainment. Don't call him a dramaturge, call him an alchemist.

I'm based in London now. I'm renting an apartment, making my own little home. It's great because I am around people all the time and I need my own space to get away from it all.

Writing poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric.