The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.

Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

When you reach the end of what you should know, you will be at the beginning of what you should sense.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.

The ship is always off course. Anybody who sails knows that. Sailing is being off course and correcting. That gives a sense of what life is about.

If you can get sexual attention and then (or therefore) succeed as a writer - or [fill in career blank] - that means you're a writer worthy of literary respect?

If I was still at Ipswich, I wouldn't be where I am today.

I’m just waiting for the violent urges to subside.

You listen to people that love you and you listen to people that you trust. Most of all, you listen to yourself.

Nobody likes children, your mother assured you. That doesn't mean you don't have them.

He has that uncanny ability to be dangerous and pull the public in [on Michael Barrymore

Thankfully I've been quite lucky in my career, but it's always good to re-evaluate things and think about what else you want to do.

What London wants is a champion, a fighter for London. It doesn't want a patsy of George Osborne or David Cameron.

He who makes the quickest, coolest prototypes reigns!