Perhaps that is the only cure for jealousy, to realize that the people we resent and envy for having what we lack, probably have woundsand scars of their own. They may even be envying us.

The difference between a dream and a fantasy is action.

When the way is not clear, there is absolutely no way. "Wrong choices" are unarguably "no choices".

So I flirt with disaster once or twice. Who doesn’t?”He snorted. “You don’t just flirt with disaster, you have intercourse with it.

I've known Nicholas Parsons for a fairly long time and his geniune pleasures are in rubber tubes, metal clips

I write 1,000 words a day first thing in the morning but I cannot write 240 characters to describe a piece that I spent six weeks working on with a producer.

However much we guard against it, we tend to shape ourselves in the image others have of us.

They're building a bridge over the Potomac for all the white liberals fleeing to Virginia.

Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.

My dream was to write a book and see it published. I didn't dare imagine anything beyond that, so, I'm trying to keep my head on my shoulders.

Any time I sit down and write music, the first part of that is always centering myself and thinking about who I currently am.