Idleness allows you to turn a situation from boredom to pleasure.

The terrible thing about the internet and Amazon is that they take the magic and happy chaos out of book shopping. The internet might give you what you want, but it won't give you what you need.

The art of living is the art of bringing dreams and reality together.

When you go for a walk, take seeds with you, poppies, rainbow chard, rocket. Plant them among the weeds in patches of wasteland. See what happens.

In a world where you are constantly asked to be 'committed,' it is liberating to give yourself the license to be a dilettante. Commit to nothing. Try everything.

There is nothing so perfect as pinball and a pint at 11 a.m.

My idea of childcare at festivals is to sit at a trestle table with an ale while the kids run around and make up their own games.

I count it as a certainty that in paradise, everyone naps.

When the going gets tough, the tough take a nap.

Pain will never leave us. Instead of putting energy into destroying pain, we need to put energy into creating pleasure.

Beauty, pleasure, freedom and plenty of sleep: these are the hallmarks of a successful idler's break. Travel should not be hard work.

Your calling is whatever motivates you more than money

It was unbelievable. She was standing there, staring at him like he was a real rock star.

Always have one possibility in mind and that is to go to the top, to be the best. Everything else should just be a means to that end.

The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Never, under any circumstances, let the Virginian wolfsnake near a typewriter.

We easily forget crimes that are known to none but ourselves.

Can art change the world? Maybe ... we should change the question: Can art change people's lives?

But prices for the opening ceremony and some events' final competition should be a little bit higher.

I have simply said that there's just a side of me that could not judge anybody singing. It's not who I am. I don't want to be that person.