Life, that can shower you with so much splendour, is unremittingly cruel to those who have given up.

You don't need a Harvard MBA to know that the bedroom and the boardroom are just two sides of the same ballgame.

You are who you are when nobody's watching.

As I say I don't want to kill myself, I just wouldn't mind dying.

Estate agents: like them or loathe them, you'd be mad not to loathe them.

The only reason people do not know much is because they do not care to know. They are incurious. Incuriousity is the oddest and most foolish failing there is.

People who can change and change again are so much more reliable and happier than those who can’t

Love in all eight tones and all five semitones of the word's full octave.

Wine can be a better teacher than ink, and banter is often better than books

Nothing in this world is at it seems. Except, possibly, porridge.

All the big words -virtue, justice, truth, ...- are dwarfed by the greatness of kindness

Love more than you loved your ex-girlfriend, if your present girlfriend feels your feeling then you will feel most happiest moment in your life than you spend with your ex-gf.

The circumstances surrounding your birth are not as important as the opportunity to live life.

The devil is a very big angel, but a very little man.

You promised to be mine, " he looked deep within her eyes, "mine forever.

Writing, for me, makes the world shiver and flame with meaning.

I guess that makes our biggest weakness lack of strength.

You don't have to underestimate your audience anymore. They'd actually like to laugh a little bit. So, the character came to me and once it's got its grips in you, there's nowhere to go.

And what rules of economy dictate that a boy without a foot is more whole than a girl without a tongue?

I was honored when [Donald Trump] asked me to chair the transition effort.

When it all comes together, a creative life has the nourishing power we normally associate with food, love and faith.