One of my favourite things about being an author is waking up knowing that there are worlds just waiting to be discovered and created.

I was not depressed when they got me out. I have always taken my dismissals as part of the game.

In riding a horse, we borrow freedom.

Is there a man in the world who suffers as I do from the gross inadequacies of the human race?

Put not your Knife to your mouth unless it be to eat an Egge.

Be temperate in your work, but don't carry the patience over into your leisure hours.

Square cuts which ordinarily would have flashed to the boundary earned only two, and I believe that those two innings would have been worth 150 apiece in a county match.

Still, I believe it is only a passing phase and cricket will one day produce an abundance of great players.

When digging ceases to be a great game and becomes, as in Egypt, merely business, it will be a bad thing.

In the old days we were probably educated in cricket in a far more serious way than now.

I cannot let this opportunity pass without placing on record how much I have enjoyed my cricket with Kent.

Where there is desire, the means to fulfill it are endless.

Ana, honey, you've always had a tendency to overanalyse everything. Go with your gut.

Most of us live our lives like toads, sitting perfectly still, under a plantain leaf. We are waiting for a fly to come our way. When it comes out darts the tongue. We nab it.That is all. We eat it.

Controlling your emotions is the biggest challenge for a horseman.

Cowboys make better lovers: Ask any cow.

Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory

Failing to differentiate among employees — and holding on to bottom-tier performers — is actually the cruelest form of management there is.

Now, all the movies are for teenagers. It's very difficult for an actress to find really deep, beautiful characters to play.

This (George W. Bush's) administration is not sympathetic to corporations, it is indentured to corporations

I think that other people covering my work is really exciting... Im really open to that kind of thing because I think interpretation is an art form.