Books are more precious than jewels. She truly believed this. What did a diamond bring you? A momentary flash of brilliance. A diamond scintillated for second a book could scintillate forever.

I have lots of favourites. That's the trouble with books. You can never choose your favorite. It changes depending on your mood.

There's a book for everyone, even if they don't think there is. A book that reaches in and grabs your soul.

A town without a book shop was a town without a heart

Some people swear by writing courses, but whether it really helps American poetry, I have doubts.

Let go of the anger, hang on to the good lessons.

Sometimes I wish I were a cannibal – less for the pleasure of eating someone than for the pleasure of vomiting him.

Precisely what menstruation is, is not yet very well known.

That thing about being an icon, the fifth Beatle, I just found it so freaky.

Music is the harmonious voice of creation; an echo of the invisible world.

I had a lot of it in my day, but I don't like it. It's a dumb drug. Your whole concentration goes on getting the next fix. I find caffeine easier to deal with.

Women can endure pain with fortitude, and they can perform monotonous tasks with patience.

There's more to light than the opposite of dark.

I like to get far away from myself when I'm acting.