There are men who would do anything, asleep, and I'm not sure what stops them when they wake. I do not know how they draw the line.

People do not change, they are merely revealed.

Only bad writers think that their work is really good.

Write whatever way you like. Fiction is made of words on a page; reality is made of something else. It doesn't matter how "real" your story is, or how "made up": what matters is its necessity.

God, I hate my family, these people I never chose to love, but love all the same.

We do not always like the people we love- we do not always have that choice.

I have no place left to live but in my own heart.

The way to write a book is to actually write a book. A pen is useful, typing is also good. Keep putting words on the page.

I’m really lucky with the people around me. They know me, so they don’t confuse the issues really. They know what a book is and they know who I am and they know the difference between the two.

Description is hard. Remember that all description is an opinion about the world. Find a place to stand.

Try to be accurate about stuff.

Writing is the only way to change the world without leaving bed.

We rate ability in men by what they finish not by what they begin.

Success is the sum of details.

As a musician, my job is incredibly easy, and it's a good one, but I've got to work at it occasionally.

The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on; science and art are as well.

I miss Manchester, especially the apple crumble and custard they served at Carrington after training.

Thus fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself when apparent to the eyes ; and we find the burden of anxiety greater, by much, than the evil which we are anxious about.

Instead of bringing it back and putting the money to work, because they can't work out a deal to - and everybody agrees it should be brought back.

Scar Tissue is the only book Ive ever written when Ive felt completely toxic, ill.

I'll keep working as long as I live because singing has taken on the feeling of joy that I had when I started, when my only responsibility was to sing well.