Plan for the rest of my life, I will travel the world and retire in the himalayas.

The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us.

Preservation of the past has been one of humankind’s chief preoccupations for centuries, although I am not convinced much of it is worth preserving.

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it.

Every skill you acquire doubles your odds of success.

It is time Britain put its trust back into the Labour Party. I believe I am the candidate that can make this happen precisely because I am not associated with the past.

A very short trial convinced her that a curricle was the prettiest equipage in the world.

You are like a hurricane, there's calm in your eyes, and I'm getting blown away.

All responsible writers, to some degree, have become involuntary criers of doom, because doom is in the wind

Confine your kissing to the irresistible.

At one point, Lucille's agent wanted to have me fired, telling her that my eyes were bigger than hers. When I head this, I told her that if I had her looks and talent, I'd keep me and fire the agent!