I copied my brother. He was a natural dancer. Graceful. People always asked did we study ballet. We never did.

We were tap-dancers but we put more style into it, more bodywork, instead of just footwork.

The sickening pang of hope deferr'd.

That's what true love is. It cannot be broken, it cannot be chipped away, it's eternal, everlasting, and it can weather any storm.

Our strategy in going after this army is very simple. First we are going to cut it off, and then we are going to kill it.

Finally, there's a sense in which I look at this Westminster village and London intelligentsia as an outsider.

Only by awakening can you know the true meaning of that word.

Trivializing the Holocaust is the last thing I want to do.

I like to tell students, 'I didn't burst on to the literary scene.' I'm never good at things at the beginning. I was terrible at the start. I need to work and work.

I didn't write anything until I was well over 30.

Baking is how you start kids at cooking in the kitchen. It's fun whether it's baking bread or cookies. With baking, you have to be exact when it comes to ingredients.

You move just a finger, say the slightest word, something's bound to linger-be heard.