Some days being a writer consists of telling yourself you aren't insane, your characters are.

Only a very foolish person would think that specialized knowledge is important in everything apart from agriculture and farming

All I had was a dream and six million pounds.'Denholm, The IT Crowd

God, like all highest things, Hides light in shade, And in the night his visitings To sleep and dreams are clearliest made.

It's not just politicians. Any spokesman for a vested interest is well schooled in how to say what it is they wish to say, which may bear no relation at all to what you've asked them.

Sighing that Nature formed but one such man, and broke the die.

Self-esteem can’t win you a race if you’re not in shape.

To be a role model is not something you choose, it is chosen for you and once it is you must accept the responsibility bestowed upon you

Complaining about boring football is a little like complaining about the sad ending of King Lear: it misses the point somehow.

We learn from history as much as a rabbit learns from an experiment that's performed upon it.

The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.