I get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to a book.

You don't need a Harvard MBA to know that the bedroom and the boardroom are just two sides of the same ballgame.

You are who you are when nobody's watching.

As I say I don't want to kill myself, I just wouldn't mind dying.

Estate agents: like them or loathe them, you'd be mad not to loathe them.

The only reason people do not know much is because they do not care to know. They are incurious. Incuriousity is the oddest and most foolish failing there is.

People who can change and change again are so much more reliable and happier than those who can’t

Love in all eight tones and all five semitones of the word's full octave.

Wine can be a better teacher than ink, and banter is often better than books

Nothing in this world is at it seems. Except, possibly, porridge.

All the big words -virtue, justice, truth, ...- are dwarfed by the greatness of kindness

Students should be told, how to think, not what to think.

Apparently rational justifications will never explain all sorts of the different feelings and raw emotions art invoke in people.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

I love and am loved, fully and freely, nothing expected, more than enough received.

For instance, it is certain that women do not want a woman for President. Nor would they have the slightest confidence in her ability to fulfill the functions of that office.

O! how short a time does it take to put an end to a woman's liberty!

I think people connect better with TV. stars over film stars.

You're the only one in control over your golf ball. It's not like tennis: you're hitting a shot and somebody's hitting it back at you.

Don't be embarrassed by your achievements. Being an overarchiever is nothing despicable. It is only admirable. Never lower your standards.

The truth is that I am enslaved... in one vast love affair with 70 children.