Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.

I do not like candid pictures. They are so unattractive.

I have always believed that God never gives a cross to bear larger than we can carry. No matter what, he wants us to be happy, not sad. birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't we?

Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?

I tell myself that God gave my children many gifts - spirit, beauty, intelligence, the capacity to make friends and to inspire respect. There was only one gift he held back - length of life.

it is not tears but determination that makes pain bearable.

I tried to allow my children to take risks, to test themselves. Better broken bones than broken spirit.

Life is not a matter of milestones, but moments.

Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, and you can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't we?

Money is never to be squandered or spent ostentatiously. Some of the greatest people in history have lived lives of the greatest simplicity. Remember it's the you inside that counts.

His heart expanded until he was nothing but a heart. A giant pounding heart on two shaking legs walking over to her.

We have to accept that much of reality is ineffable and so to understand it we can't rely on words alone.

Committing your goals to paper increases the likelihood of your achieving them by one thousand percent.

we must remember that the end of personal mastery is service to others.

I grew up in the world of bad television, on my dad's sets and then as a young schmuck on dating shows and so on.

If I like a person, I like them. I may like the art and not like the person.

We will take care of every single person in our society. That is our task.

I am still fully committed to male-female equality.

I'd love to work in America, some of my favourite films come from America.

A metaphorical weight lifted from his allegorical chest and Artemis Fowl felt himself again.