Fish deserve to be caught for they are lazy. Two million years of evolution and they still haven't got out of the water.

Many are willing to suffer for their art. Few are willing to learn to draw.

He who disagrees with me in private, call him a fool. He who disagrees with me in public, call him an ambulance.

Although no man is an island, you can make quite an effective raft out of six.

If you only ever read one book in your life ... I highly recommend you keep your mouth shut.

Like bees around honey. Why are bees so attracted to honey, since they make it? It can only be vanity.

The truly beautiful are often abused for apparent ugliness just as those with great vision often bump into things.

When you look in the mirror and despair and none of your clothes seem appropriate, relax, put the kettle on. It might suit you.

What do you get the man who has everything? Might I suggest a gravestone inscribed with the words: so what?

All men are brothers. Hence war.

Like many supermodels, I won't get out of bed for less than £3000. Unlike many supermodels, I don't get out of bed very often.

The is no better example for our children, then the one we set before them every day

For the first time, Ender had found a living mind he could admire.

I've never ridden a hog. I only have sport bikes. But that's basically how I get around L.A. Because traffic is horrendous.

A little thought is sexton to all the world.

I grew up in a place called Malahide, which is by the water and is beautifully quiet, leafy, and part serene.

There are plenty of fish in the sea, if I run out of women.

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to.

'The Satanic Verses' was denied the ordinary life of a novel. It became something smaller and uglier: an insult.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion is a right.

Art is not only the desire to tell one's secret; it is the desire to tell it and hide it at the same time.