Go on - but don't think you can kill my confidence. I've had experts doing it for years.

Royalty is the gold filling in a mouthful of decay

Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building.

Writers don't need love; all they require is money.

I must be the luckiest man in the world. Not only am I bisexual, I am also Welsh.

They spend their time looking forward to the past.

A refined sort of butcher, a woman is.

We all of us waited for him to die. The family sent him a check every month, and hoped he'd get on with it quietly, without too much vulgar fuss.

Don't be afraid of being emotional. You won't die of it.

Asking a writer what he thinks about criticism is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs.

Let's pretend that we're human beings and that we're actually alive.

When you know love then that is the time you forget hate.

He is insatiable in love. His wife is a great cook.

We left dents on each other. Mine was in her heart, and hers was on my car.

Yeah, I think speculation keeps things really interesting.

It's not just a revue where one song is done, then another. There are concepts and ideas at work.

A lot of celebrities, especially when you're talking about the really big ones, live in what I call the fame bubble. Nobody ever says no to them or challenges them or even teases them.

poets are born knowing the language of angels

You know the real me," she said, stopping to peer up at him. "More than anyone else.

A warrior accepts that we can never know what will happen to us next.

When I sit down to write a book, I don't ask myself, "How many am I going to sell?"