Criticism is part of being in the marketplace. If you can't take a bit of criticism, you shouldn't bother publishing a book.

I always consider every place worth exploring once- just in case there's a thirty foot flaming sign divulging the secret of life, that no one has told me about.

You've got to try everything once, except those things you don't like, or that involve a lot of effort and getting up early.

Stay cool, and wait for opportunity.

Few pleasures are greater than knowing you can close your door, ignore the world and create your own.

It's true, some senior Hungarian writers are not known for their laughter. There is a strong Germanic influence - an attitude that if it's enjoyable it can't possibly be literature.

The impossible lives next door to the possible; people ring its door bell by accident all the time.

The greatest danger of being gifted, is that you may never learn how to make an effort.

Most books reviews aren't very well-written. They tend to be more about the reviewer than the book.

Ultimately, it's about the quality of the writing whatever style you are writing.

I don't take much notice of reviews now - obviously you'd like to have straight worship but you're never going to get that.

They were Siamese twins, joined at the groin by a traitorous piece of meat.

Every generation, no matter how paltry its character, thinks itself much wiser than the one immediately preceding it, let alone those that are more remote.

The laws of England will protect the rights of British subjects, and give a remedy for a grievance committed by one British subject upon another, in whatever country that may be done.

Mick Jagger can't even make a successful solo album, and the Stones are the biggest rock group that ever was.

I can't turn your soul on. Leave me those feelings; and you can take away the voice and the face. They are not you.

My trade is a lonely one. I'm a craftsman, if you like. It so happens that these days singers are better paid than blacksmiths.

This Life is a fleeting breath, And whither and how shall I go, When I wander away with Death By a path that I do not know.

There is a lesson in almost everything that you do, and getting the lesson is how you move forward. It is how you enrich your spirit.

I used to be friends with Miles Davis. He didn't like many folks. I lived across the street from him.

No one will pay you to solve a non-problem.