Gradually the magic of the island [Corfu] settled over us as gently and clingingly as pollen.

My childhood in Corfu shaped my life. If I had the craft of Merlin, I would give every child the gift of my childhood.

I can't be expected to produce deathless prose in an atmosphere of gloom and eucalyptus.

Overflowing with the milk of human kindness, the family had invited everyone they could think of, including people they cordially disliked.

She would seize every opportunity to dive into the bathroom, in a swirl of white towels, and once in there she was as hard to dislodge as a limpet from a rock.

And prayer? How could you pray to a God you wanted to hit?

I am not morally obligated to care more for a man than he cares for himself.

I began by doing book reviews on the typewriter and then went over to short stories on the machine, meanwhile sticking to pencil for poetry.

Earthly pride is like the passing flower, that springs to fall, and blossoms but to die.

I hate when people make a really good product and then stop making it. I get annoyed.

We weren't raised Muslim - we were born Muslim. I didn't go to a Muslim school, but it was just the theme song. It was ambient.

Billy (Martin) wasn't afraid of anything.

People are always more encouraged when we share how God's grace helped us in weakness than when we brag about our strengths.

Learning from the successes and failures of others is key to making quantum leaps toward our goals.

It was in the forest. No one saw it or heard it. So did it actually happen?