Oh, I know that. You know me, baby, I cannot be broken. Takes a giant to snap me in half.

You can't state difference and also state equality. We have to state sameness to understand equality.

As far as I'm concerned, if you want to find out about the last day of WWII or the roots of the Indian Mutiny, get thee to a books catalogue.

The past is always tense, the future perfect.

Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most important to you.

Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories.

Don’t romanticise your ‘vocation’. You can either write good sentences or you can’t. There is no ‘writer’s lifestyle’. All that matters is what you leave on the page.

Time is how you spend your love.

I am the sole author of the dictionary that defines me.

Don't confuse honours with achievement.

Pulchritude--beauty where you would least suspect it, hidden in a word that looked like it should signify a belch or a skin infection.

Sometimes, just saying that you hate something, and having someone agree with you, can make you feel better about a terrible situation.

Everything I know, I learned from dogs.

When I stand strong in youI can look beyond the cloudsWith your wordsThe sun will rise again

We make messes of our lives, but every now and then, we manage to do something that's exactly right." (pg. 481)

That's what alcoholics do. It's in their job description: fall apart and then keep falling apart.

Like the Spitfire it was immensely strong: a pilot had no need to fear the danger of pulling the wings off, no matter how desperate the situation became.

I'm not the kind of coach who just goes out and buys players for the sake of it. I'm a coach who wants to - and can - improve players.

I hadn't the heart to touch my breakfast. I told Jeeves to drink it himself.

I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist.

Whenever power is used for evil, it becomes diabolical; it must be used for good only.