My grandmother used to say before you moan about the muck on someone else's glasses make sure you're not on about the muck on your own her glasses were filthy

Before you ridicule, remember somebody on a railway platform who seems to be train spotting may actually be writing poetry.

In the beginning was the dog the real name of Jehovah is Rover. Adam's rib is buried in the garden

It is said that men may not be the dreams of the god, but rather that the gods are the dreams of men.

There is no getting away from the past or from one’s destiny.

The tiniest of actions is always better than the boldest of intentions

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.

I love architecture almost as much as I love my musicals.

History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.

Mostly what ends up inspiring me and affecting my work are books by authors that I love.

I'm a badass. I really am. When you see me hanging with Snoop Doggy Dogg, I am perfectly at home and comfortable.

In ten phrases, the ten commandments express the essential of life. And these three words--liberty, equality, and fraternity--do just as much. Millions of people have died for those ideals.

Let me be to my sad self hereafter kind.