I have no will of my own. Never did. Limp and lily-livered, I always obey - is it possible that's attractive to women?

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.

Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.

Everything on earth is beautiful, everything -- except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.

The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.

People should be beautiful in every way - in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.

Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.

Don’t fear the future or regret the past but celebrate the present.

In his last days on this earth, he’d wanted to know if this was all there was.

The best that can be said for Norwegian television is that it gives you the sensation of a coma without the worry and inconvenience.

McGough: I'm sorry. I'm afraid I've caught poetry. Mr Bones: Oh really? Well, don't worry, sir - I used to suffer from short stories. McGough: Really? When? Mr Bones: Oh, once upon a time...

You should only be in a relationship if it adds to your life.

True power comes when others offer it to you and you merely accept it as a gift, not as the spoils of some personal war.

Moscow is a huge inspiration for me. I love what I find here, I love being here.

Help and not fight. Assimilation and not destruction. Harmony and Peace and not dissension.

Every tiny part of us cries out against the idea of dying, and hopes to live forever.

If at first you do succeed, quit trying on investing.