Little books are the things to write at my age, I've decided. Avoid the big ones, go for the little ones.

Whoever called snooker "chess with balls" was rude, but right.

Snooker is just chess with balls.

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

The British secret service was staffed at one point almost entirely by alcoholic homosexuals working for the KGB

A sceptic finds Dallas absurd. A cynic thinks the public doesn't

It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.

A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is no life at all.

Fiction is life with the dull bits left out.

Disco dancing is just the steady thump of a giant moron knocking in an endless nail.

They had a... dog called Bluey. A know psychopath, Bluey would attack himself if nothing else was available.

There is a point when grief exceeds the human capacity to emote, and as a result one is strangely composed-

Usually, there is nothing more pleasing that returning to a place where you have endured hardship.

You go through things sometimes that make you aware of the really good things in life.

I just wanted friends. I just wanted people to like me. I just wanted for things to be simple and good. So, for five years I actively sought out mediocrity.

Teaching is a good preparation for politics because you have to reply to questions when you don't know the answer.

No one gets out of this world alive, so the time to live, learn, care, share, celebrate, and love is now.

Be able to decline a date so gracefully that the person isn't embarrassed that he or she asked.

I love wearing trackies to lounge around the house in and the strange thing is, it doesn’t matter how many new ones I get I still tend to feel most comfortable in my old ones.

Our bodies are just temporary vessels for our souls, which will go on forever. You really are an extension of the power that created the whole universe, no matter what drags you have on.

I try to run on the hottest days, at the hottest time, because that's the most difficult time. And sometimes I worry about drying out, and dying.