In politics experiments means revolutions.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

When you enter a place of stillness, you awaken the divinity within you.

Still here, Faulkner?" Luke sneered."Still doing that terrible impression of Draco Malfoy?" I asked.

The idea of being a novelist is really romantic, but it's kind of the same as being president of the United States - it's not gonna happen.

If you make history with God, He'll make history with you

I like colourful knickers, but most importantly a great pair of knickers should be taken off with more joy than they were put on.

But it is not at all unthinkable for anyone to tell a writer how to write. It comes with the territory.

The quintessential expression of coffee is espresso.

There is indeed a business like show business. It's the news.

I had a reporter ask me what it was like to have my best years over so soon. It stayed with me.

Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.