What we now call 'finance' is, I hold, an intellectual perversion of what began as warm human love.

Love is a universal migraine. A bright stain on the vision, Blotting out reason.

There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting.

There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either.

Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them.

The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good.

Kill if you must, but never hate: Man is but grass and hate is blight, The sun will scorch you soon or late, Die wholesome then, since you must fight

I was last in Rome in AD 540 when it was full of Goths and their heavy horses. It has changed a great deal since then.

New beginnings and new shoots Spring again from hidden roots Pull or stab or cut or burn, Love must ever yet return.

What we now call "finance" is, I hold, an intellectual perversion of what began as warm human love.

I was thinking, "So, I’m Emperor, am I? What nonsense! But at least I'll be able to make people read my books now.

The Truth is true testimony of God.

People say the darkness is where secrets are best hidden. Night time brings clarity and focus to owls, even if the aperture of this vision comes with a stigma.

He was one of these men who think that the world can be saved by writing a pamphlet.

When you build a beautiful building, people love it. And the most sustainable building in the world is the one that’s loved.

Privacy is something I have come to respect. I think when I was younger I wanted to tell everybody everything, because I thought I was so damn interesting. Then I heard the snoring.

People who read my books have an open mind when it comes to new, bizarre, interesting and exciting ideas.

You will never find what you are looking for in love, if you don't love yourself.

Comedy's easy for me now - it's all about timing and the way you deliver lines. I use facial expressions to get the point across.

I think people make innovation much more complicated than it needs to be.

My husband is my best friend; he knows my sensibilities.