The song and dance didn't stop us dying. It just stopped the fear of death swallowing us up while we were still alive.

Dance, my darling dance! If you dance then death can't catch you! Nothing bad can touch you! Dance!

There are two ways to be rich: One is by acquiring much, and the other is by desiring little.

If you want intelligent children give them a book. If you want more intelligent children give them more books.

A book can change the world... Every book a child reads creates new neurons in that child's brain.

Books aren't like broccoli. You don't have to eat it because it's good for you. Books drag you in because they are fascinating.

If something is worth doing you may as well go heart and soul and boot leather.

I might be able to find out what happened 6,000 years ago but I will never know what happens 6,000 years in the future! And that is not fair, blast it.

I've always found the world is the most extraordinarily fascinating place and the more data you get, the more you can actually put pieces into this jigsaw.

Morning: Slept. Afternoon: Slept. Evening: Ate grass. Night: Ate grass. Decided grass is boring. Scratched. Hard to reach the itchy bits. Slept.

For me books have always been an incredibly solid part of my life, both as escapism and simply as resource.

Seek the sacred light.

Taking on a pet is a contract with sorrow.

We don't want to tell our dreams. We want to show them

What is not possible is not to choose.

Criticism is a life without risk.

As actors, you don't actually need to know the future of the character. You just need to know the backgrounds.

As a matter of record, New York City spends a higher portion of its budget on instruction and associated costs within the schools themselves than any of the other 100 largest districts in the nation.

Novel-writing is a bit like deception. You lie as little as you possibly can. That's the way I do it, anyway.

All around us are the consequences of the most significant technological, and hence cultural, revolution in generations.

Come celebrate with me that every day something has tried to kill me and has failed.