Genius is fine for the ignition spark, but to get there someone has to see that the radiator doesn't leak and no tire is flat.

[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.

The only thing I want is something I can't have; and that is to know if, 100 years from now, people will still buy my books.

I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

Measure your minds height by the shadow it casts.

Being broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe.

Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene.

Sarcasm is not the rapier of wit its wielders seem to believe it to be, but merely a club: it may, by dint of brute force, occasionally raise bruises, but it never cuts or pierces.

The more you put in your brain, the more it will hold - if you have one.

I don't approve of open fires. You can't think, or talk or even make love in front of a fireplace. All you can do is stare at it.

Real wealth is not the weight of coins

The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.

HELPED are those who live in quietness, knowing neither brand name nor fad; they shall live every day as if in eternity, and each moment shall be as full as it is long.

My favourite event was the 200m, so as I won the 100m, I thought it was possible I'd win the 200m.

I'm more like an oven than a microwave.

People can judge me on whatever level they think but I've always tried to make my own songs.

Once your reputation's done/ You can live a life of fun

Heaven's net is very vast. It is sparsely meshed, yet nothing slips through.

Anger is like gasoline. If you spray it around and somebody lights a match, you've got an inferno. [But] if we can put our anger inside an engine, it can drive us forward.

Your desire for consistency itself will set you on the right path. As long as you keep going up, never mind if you come down once or twice.