The idea of living forever makes me uncomfortable, and at this point I've lived long enough and seen enough Twilight Zone episodes to know that there's always a catch.

As an adult, most of my friends are women . . . they, too, had that moment when they realized they were all the “other girls, ” and that every girl in the world is, too.

In the book, you lost your powers. In the movie, you chose not to use them as much. I guess I did a little of both.

Mind in language are inseparable. If we violate our language we violate ourselves.

Politicians - well, first of all, they should get rid of nuclear weapons, I think.

As labor is the common burden of our race, so the effort of some to shift their share of the burden onto the shoulders of others is the great durable curse of the race.

Average is a failing plan! Average doesn't work in any area of life. Anything that you give only average amounts of attention to will start to subside and will eventually cease to exist.

I always thought if you worked hard enough and tried hard enough, things would work out. I was wrong.

Character is blazing sunshine in the soul's abode, the body.

I had the best of both worlds when I was a kid. I'd spend a quiet week with my mum, then I'd go to my dad's property in the Adelaide Hills, where there were all these kids and animals running around.

A man shall never be enriched by envy.

Coaches do get very nervous.

Ill health is an important factor that forces the poor to remain poor. If they make a little bit of money, one episode of illness can wipe them out.