Never frown even when ur sad, coz u never know whose falling in love with ur smile!

On the trail of another man, the biographer must put up with finding himself at every turn; any biography uneasily shelters an autobiography within it.

Too much sparkle can detract from the focal point of the painting, so I blend some areas to tone down the look of the pastels in less important areas.

Sometimes the reason we do not see the answer is that we are looking too closely at the question.

When you think about it, the Big Bang's a big like school, isn't

I decided I would teach Mrs. P. a lesson by cooking my own meal.

I believe his lies, so he believes mine.' She turns and looks at me straight on. 'That's how it goes at the end of love.

People don't want the truth, ' he says, waving a hand at the streets around us. 'They want better-quality lies. High definition lies on fifty-inch screens.

It used to be the smartest people didn't always want to be the richest people.

You always were such a worrier. It was as if you thought your worrying was all that held the world together, and if you stopped for a split second the whole thing would just fly apart.

Capitalism needs war.

Virginity is the poetry, not the reality, of life.

Try and withhold your judgment, because as soon as you think you know something, you're shutting down.

Once a month, try something you don’t think you’d be good at. You can find such happy surprises.

The importance of writing in the breakdown of the bicameral voices is tremendously important. What had to be spoken is now silent and carved upon a stone to be taken in visually.

I don't really do acting. I've done a little bit - enough to know I'll stick to what I know. Music is my thing.

I'd say, don't listen to what anyone says: you're good. Go put your anorak on. Get your thick bottle-top specs. Draw your little cartoons and your comics and keep writing to the BBC.

The lot of man is ceaseless labor, Or ceaseless idleness, which is still harder.

God the Father's a deep root; the Son's the shoot that breaks into the world; the Spirit spreads the beauty & fragrance

He who improvises can never make a perfect line of poetry.