I am not beautiful, so I don't know why I'm making myself ugly. But the mustache stays.

Generally speaking, I think it is fair to say that I am a friend to the creatures of the Earth when I am not busy eating them or wearing them.

A stopped clock is correct twice a day, but a sundial can be used to stab someone, even at nighttime.

Specificity is the soul of narrative.

All I can ask from society is that it please stop telling me why I should like sports.

I actually own a copy of my own book; that's how dedicated I am as an author.

There is no ritual that enhances creativity other than just starting.

My career as a magazine writer was largely prefaced on the idea of curiosity, to go on adventures and weasel my way into the lives of people that I admire.

A literary agent is nothing but a cheap salesman (or woman); while a writer is a cheap salesman (or woman) who also has to actually write the books.

The villain of any story is often the most compelling character.

I say, if you're going to eat a creature alive, you have to expect some screaming. That is the carnivore's burden.

If after I die, people want to write my biography, there is nothing simpler. They only need two dates: the date of my birth and the date of my death. Between one and another, every day is mine.

Gough was a serious student but found time to gain a blue in rowing

If we don’t live by God’s heartbeat, by what He has in His heart, then we are wasting our time and life

I showed that privacy was an implicit right in Jewish law, probably going back to the second or third century, when it was elaborated on in a legal way.

I don't want to say I'll never play someone with a cockney accent, but I think I would be irritated by me doing it.

I'm for all the actor's struggle, the self-indulgent, painful journey, but I would rather have fun.

I'm focusing on writing the best story I can write. Which means I'm doing everything I can to give the artist within me as much power as possible.

Deciding what is to be sung and what is not to be sung is really what writing a musical is about.

In the first instance, therefore, global terrorism created a kind of global community sharing a common fate, something we had previously considered impossible.