We need a renaissance of wonder. We need to renew, in our hearts and in our souls, the deathless dream, the eternal poetry, the perennial sense that life is miracle and magic.

Man does not live by a turkey in every oven or a color TV set in every home. Man lives by faith and hope and love, by the star on the horizon, by the trumpet that will not call retreat.

Man is happy only as he finds work worth doing - and does it well

Discriminate, discriminate, and again discriminate! Be fastidious. Choose. Select.

We need a renaissance of wonder.

Man is happy only as he finds a work worth doing-and does it well.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

The family story tells, and it was told true, of my great-grandfather who begat eight genius children and bought twelve almost new grand pianos. He left a considerable estate when he died.

A pianist with skill, touch, musicality and a gift for making songs from songs. Plus, he can swing! Give a listen

The Beast Lord walked out of the warehouse. The screen went dark. My knight in furry armor. Saiman opened his mouth. "This is why I didn't. Personally, I think your smile is inappropriate.

Writing and thinking is not economically sustainable.

I'd also made the first tennis team. I was number two player in the school at 11 years of age and that didn't sit very well with people.

I think hip-hop needs a little bit of diversity.

If you want to kill time why not try working it to death.

People are not remembered by how few times they fail, but by how often they succeed. Every wrong step is another step forward

It might be an idea for all literary critics to read the books they analyse aloud - it certainly helps to fix them in the mind, while providing a readymade seminar with your audience.