There's a general impulse to distract the grieving person - as if you could.

The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

The fear is for what is still to be lost.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus.

A heart without dreams is like a bird without feathers.

heavily tattooed women can be said to control and subvert the ever-present 'male gaze' by forcing men (and women) to look at their bodies in a manner that exerts control.

Humour plays close to the big hot fire which is the truth and the reader feels the heat.

Here is a toast that I want to give To a fellow I'll never know To the fellow who's going to take my place When it's time for me to go.

The loss of life will be irreplaceable.

I try to live my life one day at a time, and if I look too far in advance, I get really stressed.

Mathematics is fun if you don't let mathematicians push you around when you are doing it.

It's a big dream for me to go home with two gold medals. It's not very easy as it looks like.

When you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with

I think what we have to do is convince people that matter is tacky.