Rationality went down the drain donkey's years ago and hasn't been seen since.

One is and is not in the centre of the maelstrom of it all.

There are some things one remembers even though they may never have happened.

All that happens is that the destruction of human beings - unless they're Americans - is called collateral damage.

The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember.

Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you ... at any time.

Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living.

I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a most charming man and I used to send him my plays.

I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.

Don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?

This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.

To whomever swapped my tattoo cream for toothpaste........ well played.

A beautiful gift does not decrease in value because it is wrapped in ugly paper.

Never taught to lose, but only win.

Our understanding of God is the answer to prayer getting things from God is God's indulgence of us. When God stops giving us things He brings us into the place where we can begin to understand Him.

We, as a wrestling community, better remember it is more than one individual that makes a winner.

I hate men who are in touch with their feminine side.

And so all growth that is not towards God Is growing to decay.

The world's idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.

Don't discount the power of your words. The thought that they might cause unnecessary hurt or discomfort should inform every conversation.

Sometimes I wonder — if I were drop-dead handsome, and every woman I met actually dropped dead, would I ever get tired of it?