In the 20th century alone, there have been 1, 600 books about the circus. My adding one more would be superfluous unless I do something totally new and different.

Love and time, those are the only two things in all the world and all of life that cannot be bought, but only spent.

Collect adventures and experiences to reminisce about…go to far places, meet new people, eat exotic foods, enjoy all varieties of women, look on unfamiliar landscapes, see new things.

Of all that I have possessed in my life, my memories are the only things remaining to me. Indeed, I believe that memories are the only real treasure any human can hope to hold always.

I'm a writer. I write not only for a living, I write because I'm a writer.

Love and time-those are the only two things in all the world and all of life that cannot be bought but only spent.

When my anxiety is really bad, the fast beating of my heart makes my body feel like it rocks back and forth.

The incessant perpetuation of collective fantasies makes people crave the truth and nothing but the truth - reality is the fastest American commodity.

The mathematician is fascinated with the marvelous beauty of the forms he constructs, and in their beauty he finds everlasting truth.

I grieve for every death.

I fought all my life for women to make their own choices, in their personal and professional lives. I made mine.

Let your modesty be a sufficient incitement, yea, an exhortation to everyone to be at peace on their merely looking at you.

British comedy - which has been a big inspiration to me for many years - is very different to Australian comedy and different again to American comedy.

It's fun to play the type of people you dislike.

Hideki Irabu had a very good curveball. Just a straight up and down, swing-and-miss curveball.

If I run or breathe too deep, the cheap stitches holding me together will snap, and all the stickiness inside will pour out and burn through the concrete.