Older guys have too much emotional baggage. They’ve already lived their lives.

Had he already inspired a passion in some stranger’s heart?

He thought to himself, I’ll never be this perfect again, an idea that made him sad.

You are the Perfect Young Man: honest, clean, virile.

Wasn’t it correct in America to call a man ‘handsome’ rather than ‘beautiful’?

You say that you don’t care about age and that you’re ready to push the wheelchair and hose down my bum, but how can you be sure?

He was a good boy and ‘projected’ goodness – which later would be the downfall of many a person.

In America everyone called the merest acquaintance a ‘friend’ – Guy had taken up the habit. It made him feel better about not having any real friends.

In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.

I am interested in silences

Being a father is the most rewarding thing a man whose career has plateaued can do.

They are so busy, Julia, trying to help the world that they've forgotten how to help themselves. They've forgotten how to be happy, and it is a happy man or woman who helps the world most.

I'm not semi-retired, I'm just taking it easy.

Don't forget that Linux became only possible because 20 years of OS research was carefully studied, analyzed, discussed and thrown away.

The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.

I think all women want to feel sexy and confident yet comfortable at the same time in what they wear.

A blaze first pleases and then tires the sight.

I've been careful in love. I've been careless in love. And I've had adventures I wouldn't trade for anything.