When everything else is shattering, you feel like the one true constant.

Nothing crushes the soul of a father more than the loss of the beloved son he failed to lavish his love on.

Be good to yourself. You deserve goodness.

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning.

I like to write a joke without any fat on it.The shorter the better. I cater for people with ADD, basically.

Drawing is the art of taking a line for a walk.

Contemporary criticism only represents the amount of ignorance genius has to contend with. . . . Time will reverse the judgement of the vulgar.

A blunt blade is more dangerous than a sharp one

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.

How one stands up to any sort of allegation in the heat of political battle reveals the strength and nature of your character. It's one of the reasons we have campaigns.

Is it not enough that 'things are cruel and blind'? Must we also be cruel and blind?