I hate telling that story to people who've been struggling for years.

If the road is easy, you're likely going the wrong way.

The Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid; given proper motivation almost anyone will believe almost anything.

Knowledge is a weapon. I intend to be formidably armed.

We reap a reward merely in the act of helping others. We never know how, or if, that reward will come back to us. Helping is the reward; none other is needed nor better.

Once you place that crown of liar on your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time.

Charity, if you have the means, is a personal choice, but charity which is expected or compelled is simply a polite word for slavery.

Knowing when to fight is just as important as knowing how.

When the whole world is crazy, it doesn't pay to be sane.

Fate occasionally touches us all in ways we don't always understand.

The light of a new day always chases the shadows of the night away, and shows us that the shape of our fears is only the ghost of our own minds.

In fact-Dr. Sheppard!

I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.

And remember, it's also very funny, because side by side with grief lies joy.

But I've become completely obsessed with taking photos on my iPhone. I have like 400 apps.

If you look ahead 10 years, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if the people of Russia had become fans of missile defence.

Under this Government, Britain will not return to the boom and bust of the past.

The books turn out to be about things afterwards. I don't go into them with concepts, for the most part.

Life's a party, dress like it.

If I were offered a cochlear implant today, I would prefer not to have one. But that's not a statement about hearing aids or cochlear implants. It's about who you are.

Storytelling is important. Part of human continuity.