I would certainly never consider myself a Renaissance Man; I'm not fit to look at the dust from the chariot wheels of many of those who have gone before me.

The telling of a story, like virtually everything in this life, was always made all the easier by a cup of tea.

Be content with who you are and where you are, and do whatever you can do to bring to others such contentment, and joy, and understanding that you have managed to find yourself.

There is room in history for all of us.

Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.

I see no point in being despondent. We might as well enjoy ourselves during our brief tenure of this life.

How many of us are happy to be exactly where we are at any moment?...only the completely happy think that they are in the correct place.

Talking about pumpkins doesn't make them grow.

We think the world is ours forever, but we are little more than squatters.

There are old mycologists and there are bold mycologists, but there are no old, bold mycologists.

A life without stories would be no life at all. And stories bound us, did they not, one to another, the living to the dead, people to animals, people to the land?

Choose a leader who will invest in building bridges, not walls. Books, not weapons. Morality, not corruption. Intellectualism and wisdom, not ignorance.

We are here to create our dreams. We are here to make our life so beautifully true to ourselves that it can never be replicated, a stunning masterpiece added to the world.

No matter how bad things are, you can at least be happy that you woke up this morning.

I think the first time baby recognises me and smiles is going to be one of the most amazing times of my life, to be honest.

I've never wanted to be part of an inner circle of any scene. I've always been an outsider looking to question and subvert.

One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.

If you're interested in the door to the heavens opening, start with the door to your own secret self.

Most people are rowing against the current of life. Instead of turning the boat around, all they need to do is let go of the oars.

Marilyn Manson is a criticism of gimmickry, while being itself a gimmick.

Just like a script, you need to keep a business plan to yourself.