It's a rare book that wins the battle against drooping eyelids.

You're so calm and quiet, you never say. But there are things inside you. I see them sometimes, hiding in your eyes.

It's those little daily incidents of life that are dramatic, and if you put a frame around it , suddenly they become much bigger and much more important than you ever imagined.

I find that when I come out of the library I'm in what I call the library bliss of being totally taken away from the distractions of life.

He saw things in a way that others did not, so that a city I had lived in all my life seemed a different place, so that a woman became beautiful with the light on her face.

Don't write about what you know - write about what you're interested in. Don't write about yourself - you aren't as interesting as you think.

As I get older, I use less jewelry - necklace or earrings each morning, not both; my clothes are getting more basic - fewer colours and simpler cuts; and my make-up is stripped back to basics.

The sign of a masterpiece: A painting when there's a lack of resolution.

You know I don’t listen to market gossip,” she began, “but it is hard not to hear it when my daughter’s name is mentioned.

I have consistently loved books that I've read when I've been sick in bed.

I had walked along that street all my life, but had never been so aware that my back was to my home

The majority of people are not willing to risk what they have built for the opportunity to have something better.

What's next? If there are vampires in there, they probably drink artificial blood plasma substitute.

If any part of your uncertainty, is a conflict between your heart and your mind - follow your mind.

Being in the world of fashion you have to be very self-absorbed, and you are surrounded by people who are very self-absorbed.

A stock operator has to fight a lot of expensive enemies within himself.

You are not going to be perfect every day. It’s about turning up the next day and doing it again.

All your scholarship, all your study of Shakespeare and Wordsworth would be in vain, if at the same time you do not build your character, and attain mastery over your thoughts and actions.

Pure libertarianism believes that people will be generous and help each other. Well, they won't. I wish it were so, and I live that way.

No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion.

Nature makes trees put down deep roots before having them bear fruit, and even this is done gradually.