I respond to the sound of London being spoken - to the sound of London.

The real art is not to come up with extraordinary clever words but to make ordinary simple words do extraordinary things. To use the language that we all use and to make amazing things occur.

Happiness quells thought. And work quells thought.

Literature is the voice of the human heart.

People die when curiosity goes.

I can do hieroglyphics in the margin. There are days when I really enjoy the flow of ink. I mean, nice pen, ink straight on to the page.

What we wish upon the future is very often the image of some lost, imagined past.

When anything goes digital, let alone something as immaterial as a book, there is a tendency to see it as just in the air to be taken, and to lose the sense that somebody once made it.

I like the world we've got. If there is anything special and magical, I have to find it in the ordinary stuff.

Possibly he knew, as he wrote this, that he was mad - because inside every madman sits a little sane man saying 'You're mad, you're mad.'

I share my name with an aerobatic bird that can whiz across a whole summer sky in seconds. A swift is so equipped for speed that it can scarcely cope with being stationary.

Fear can't hurt you. When it washes over you, give it no power. it's a snake with no venom.

Passion makes the world go round. Love just makes it a safer place.

He profits most who serves best.

I design therefore I become.

The more attention that is drawn to any of the fighters, especially in a positive way, is good for the sport.

Let every lion do his duty.

Love is lost in immensities; it comes in simple, gentle ways.

The longer your gevity is, the more confidence you build.

I'm tired of words and I'm too hoarse to shout.

I am freely able to express myself honestly to the public without trying to polish it over, trying to hide something. I'm just trying to be free with my expression.