The library was the place I went to find out what there was to know. It was absolutely essential.

You can't state difference and also state equality. We have to state sameness to understand equality.

As far as I'm concerned, if you want to find out about the last day of WWII or the roots of the Indian Mutiny, get thee to a books catalogue.

The past is always tense, the future perfect.

Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most important to you.

Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories.

Don’t romanticise your ‘vocation’. You can either write good sentences or you can’t. There is no ‘writer’s lifestyle’. All that matters is what you leave on the page.

Time is how you spend your love.

I am the sole author of the dictionary that defines me.

Don't confuse honours with achievement.

Pulchritude--beauty where you would least suspect it, hidden in a word that looked like it should signify a belch or a skin infection.

I feel the healinghands of Godtouch my heartand kiss my soul.

I can be a horrible actor, but I make a move that makes a money I'm secured a job.

Dogs, ye have had your day!

Influence follows close upon the heels of character; and whatever we are, that we shall in the end be acknowledged to be.

If you know people who are suicidal, or if you know people who are bipolar, depressed, have panic attack disorder, just be there for them. They're going through something that's very, very hard.

The Universe does not know if the vibration you are offering is because of what you are imagining, or because of what you are observing.

If you are poor, live wisely. If you have riches, live wisely. It is not your station in life but your heart that brings blessings.

When I wake up, I always thank God. I'm grateful for another day, and he's allowed me this tiny thing that we should be appreciative of.

I am sick as a horse.

I have returned many times to honour the valiant men who died...every man who set foot on Omaha Beach was a hero.