It's just a freak of fate that I'm paid to write, not paying to print my own books - but I'd be doing it anyway: it's my life.

An involuntary return to the point of departure is, without doubt, the most disturbing of all journeys.

Life and career are the same thing. Every life has to have a plot and a plan. You have to recognize this early and be quite cold-blooded in the discovery and articulation of that plot.

You'd better make it your business to understand the market. The ability to charm or play the game is useful.

People are moving faster - you can see that in the streets. Partly that's because of the electronic devices, which encourage this.

Getting comprehensively lost in a car with a full tank of petrol at someone else's expense, you can't beat it.

The world changes, but I want that change to be necessary or respectful of what has happened before. Everything changes, and that's quite right.

Have you thought about what it means to be a god?" asked the man. He had a beard and a baseball cap. "It means you give up your mortal existence to become a meme (...)".

The abbreviated exam week meant that Wednesday was the last day of school for us. And all day long, it was hard not to walk around, thinking about the lastness of it all.

I could stay here forever interrupting our talking with kissing, interrupting our kissing with talking.

A happy life is made up of little things . . . a gift sent a letter written a call made a recommendation given transportation provided a cake made a book lent a check sent.

Half the cookbooks tell you how to cook the food and the other half tell you how to avoid eating it.

We need a human presence at the border and a humane presence at the border.

The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.

No matter how sick your body is, extending Love will reduce your suffering and aid in healing.

I strongly urge students to learn to take risks, to be bold, to let their genius convert that fear into power and brilliance.

Saint George and the Dragon!-Bonny Saint George for Merry England!-The castle is won!