Though I feared I would have no progress when I put down the drink, [my writing] hasn't changed. The creative search, and the fragments that I collect, reflects that.

Familiarity isn't always a good thing... sometimes you need a little crisis to shake things up.

I needed it to have experiences I could write about. I thought I was someone who had nothing to say.

There are many things that make a man irritable when he arrives home from work in the evening and a sensible wife will usually notice the storm-signals and will leave him alone until he simmers down.

When someone discovers something in their lives that really interests them, then they should be content with doing that - without having to go and lie on a beach once a year.

The educator must above all understand how to wait; to reckon all effects in the light of the future, not of the present.

Farce treats the improbable as probable, the impossible as possible.

When I was 18 years old, I came to Tokyo from my hometown, Ise, in the countryside. I'd always been really inspired by fashion and music, especially when punk came out in '76 or '77.

I am the same person as always and I have the good fortune to play in a great team. It was an historic year for Barca and for me but it's thanks to the work of everyone.

Integrate what you believe in every single area of your life. Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody else, too.

Looks do count. Deliver visually stunning merchandising. Engage at the point of sale. Help consumers shop with their eyes.

You might have extensive bouts of thinking exceedingly nasty thoughts, but because you are relating to those thoughts with mindfulness and compassion, that's considered good meditation.

When men lose against me, they always have a headache ... or things of that kind. I have never beaten a completely healthy man!