I hate the way the English have of not being serious about being serious, I really hate it.

A pier is a disappointed bridge; yet stare at it for long enough and you can dream it to the other side of the Channel.

Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.

The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonorably, foolishly, viciously.

The writer must be universal in sympathy and an outcast by nature: only then can he see clearly.

The land of embarrassment and breakfast.

When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.

History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation.

What is the easiest, the most comfortable thing for a writer to do? To congratulate the society in which he lives: to admire its biceps, applaud its progress, tease it endearingly about its follies.

Some of the freckles I once loved are now closer to liver spots. But it’s still the eyes we look at, isn’t it? That’s where we found the other person, and find them still.

The more you learn, the less you fear. "Learn" not in the sense of academic study, but in the practical understanding of life.

No matter your Knowledge, Power, Fame or Wealth, Tommorrow is always a Mystery

Generosity is love.

Love is fantasy....Life is reality

Profound thoughts arise only in debate, with a possibility of counterargument, only when there is a possibility of expressing not only correct ideas, but also dubious ideas.

I come from a background of experimental music which mingled real sounds together with musical sounds.

The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone.

Go to church once a week and nobody pays attention. Worship God seven days a week and you become strange!

Like everyone else, I want to sleep with Leonardo DiCaprio.

Walk long enough and we all trade places.

You can keep your privacy in the world by keeping your product, not your personality, the star.