I don't have that much forward planning about what I want to do next, or in the future.

Don't let anyone ever make you feel you don't deserve what you want.

Never give up on what makes you smile

I think the most common cause of insomnia is simple; its loneliness.

I believe that whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you... stranger.

People generally express more in between their sentences when they're not speaking. Words are usually there to disguise who someone is or what they're feeling.

Nobody panics when things go “according to plan”. Even if the plan is horrifying!

If you make decisions based upon people's reactions or judgments then you make really boring choices.

If you are just safe about the choices you make, you don't grow.

I like to set up obstacles and defeat them.

See I’m not a monster, I’m just ahead of the curve.

You have no idea how much it contributes to the general politeness and pleasantness of diplomacy when you have a little quiet armed force in the background

Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.

I'm just really impressed by oil paintings - I don't see how people do it! That's the style I like: classic oil paintings. Abstract art just isn't my thing.

Each colony became accustomed to planting new settlements and to claiming new boundaries.

Appearing to pay attention when someone is speaking is one of the cornerstones of real social interaction.

There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women.

My motto is "Unite now, today if you can; fight if you must. But in every case avoid British intervention."

I have always made sure that I put my game ahead of anything else, sometimes even before friends and family.

[People in 1600s] didn't have many books. They would have been staggered by the personal libraries we have today, because books back then were incredibly expensive.

What always seems miraculous is when aesthetic necessities yield an insight which otherwise I would have missed.