No two stories are the same. They may seem the same at first glance, but, once you take a closer look, give the story some of your time, you realise its unique qualities.

The only thing better than a well-read book is a well-read book only read by yourself.

Reading for enjoyment won't die altogether, but this Ereader device has the potential to repel those less imaginative from fiction. And that could have an undesirable domino effect.

With a little bit of spirit in her system to help her weave the lies and facts together, Emily told the partial truth.

The only thing more interesting than the truth is fiction dressed up as the truth.

We go round and round trying to convince one another that our opinion makes more sense. And the only winner is time for making us look like fools by wasting it.

If that's the example you want set, you be the example.

I tried to kill myself when I was thirteen but failed. That was the greatest failure of my life.

Young lovers. If you get it right, it's amazing what you can share. The challenging part is maintaining it.

No one knows if something works until it actually works. That's why you must always try.

Fear doesn't gain respect. It just makes people do what you want to shut you up and get you away from them.

Life is a walk through the forest. Don't fear the trees, fear what lurks behind them.

I like slang words, straight to the point. I like words of wisdom, straight to the heart.

Jingle bells, they ring in hell, never to be merry, they'll burn, they'll burn, please my dear be weary

It is almost more important how a person takes his fate than what it is.

The '80s were a really different time for kids.Technology has changed so much of how we stay in touch and keep tabs on people.

I read constantly. If I don't have a good book, I'm beside myself.

The thing is I never want to be an observer, it's only in retrospect that I wish I had observed.

Film and television was so strange to me because I didn't grow up in the business, I didn't know anything about it.

Born in Jerusalem, Wadie Said went from being a dragoman to a salesman in the United States and thence to a hugely successful businessman in Egypt.

Africa must revert to what it was before the imperialists divided it. These are artificial divisions which we, in our pan-African concept will seek to remove.