Marriage: a deeply peculiar and ultimately unkind thing to inflict on anyone one claims to care for.

I was relying on youth be loyal to the specific variety of compromise and unhappiness, which our hard-won marriage represents.

Insomnia is his mind's revenge for all the tricky thoughts he has carefully avoided during the daylight hours.

In order to win as a contrarian, you need perfect timing and the perfect size.

I am made of words. When you cut me, I bleed sentences. When you read me, I speak to your soul.

I used to paint a lot of oil and now I paint more mixed-media stuff.

Yes, worship of the loving God is man's whole reason for existence.

I've only myself to blame for it, my impotence most of all and my weakness. If I do any good work now it will be only by chance.

I'm not satisfied. I'm still enjoying this. I still feel like I'm in the best part of my career and I can play at a high level. This is what I love to do: playing football and winning games.

Remember you belong to nature, not it to you.

Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.

Don't focus on being different, focus on being yourself - and your difference will naturally shine through!

WHAT IF we all treat other people as we wish to be treated? MORE happiness. LESS selfishness, crime, fraud, hatred, terrorism, wars.