Cruel blows of fate call for extreme kindness in the family circle.

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.

Stew's so comforting on a rainy day.

I like seeing people when they can't see me.

And no bathroom on earth will make up for marrying a bearded man you hate.

Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can.

I am a restlessness inside a stillness inside a restlessness.

I only want to write. And there's no college for that except life.

Perhaps if I make myself write I shall find out what is wrong with me.

It is rather exciting to write by moonlight.

Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness.

I wish my whispers are heard and requited as a storm... Because, the storm is that keeps me alive!

If you didn't earn something, it's not worth flaunting.

It wasn't the traditional cooking most people do. For me, as a young chef, Thanksgiving meant going to work in the kitchen at places like Gotham, JoJo and Jean-Georges.

It is not a lie to keep the truth to oneself.

Casting is everything. I put a huge amount of work into casting, and consistently across my career, I am most proud of my bold choices I made in casting.

I'm 49, I've had a brain haemorrhage and a triple bypass and I could still go out and play a reasonable game of rugby union. But I wouldn't last 30 seconds in rugby league.

I like the fact that I'm living in the world rather than in a university.

I can't believe I'm comforting a billionaire.

I also like a great Caesar salad with anchovies, although I don't know why some places say 'with anchovies.' If you're making a proper Caesar salad, it's going to have anchovies.

... I am sure that you are the first to do what you teach them.