One could go on revising a prose page forever whereas there is a point in a poem when one knows it is done forever.

We are all jellyfish, too pitiful and too afraid of being disliked to be honest.

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.

Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers.

What is destructive is impatience, haste, expecting too much too fast.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.

The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of room, not try to be or do anything whatever.

There are some griefs so loud/They could bring down the sky/And there are griefs so still/None knows how deep they lie.

A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless.

It is, I assume, quite easy to wither into old age, and hard to grow into it.

Fall is the season of beauty and delicious food. Be grateful for the change of scenery, and try observing it to get more book ideas.

Friendship and money: oil and water.

I think it's important that we run that tension between the way things are, in terms of the way we're governed, and the way we sort of become complacent.

Taking the humour out of Dickens, it's not Dickens any more.

You do not know what life means when all the difficulties are removed!

As the actor, you just have to believe in what your character is doing in order to play them.

I was fascinated by the effects that could be achieved by editing. The cutting room became a magic workshop for me.

The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.

The best way to honor your dreams is to get them done!

For all aspects of memory, keep yourself physically fit. My catchphrase is, Healthy mind, healthy body, healthy body, healthy mind. Your memory needs oxygen as fuel, so why not feed it often?