Spring was running in a thin green flame over the valley.

All change is not growth as all movement is not forward.

All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.

A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away.

What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.

It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me.

It is human nature to overestimate the thing you've never had.

The worst thing about war is that so many people enjoy it.

The older I grow the more earnestly I feel that the few joys of childhood are the best that life has to give.

I have little faith in the theory that organized killing is the best prelude to peace.

The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions.

You can't fight a battle you don't think exists.

I'd love to have a Christmas classic under my belt. It's hard to write a Christmas song.

It was a dark and stormy night. Suddenly a scream pierced the air'. . . . Good writing takes enormous concentration.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

In a world where globalisation wants to turn everybody into the same thing, I think that anything that allows you to go to another place or be in another world has got to be celebrated.

There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all combine to uphold.

British ferries have stopped transporting live animals to the Continent. This has made it very difficult for England fans to get to Away matches.

...the incredulity of mankind, who do not truly believe in anything new until they have had actual experience of it.

MY DOCTOR phoned and said you don't deserve this news, but your lungs are crystal clear'.

I'm more of a listener than a talker.