Who was that?” Layetta asked.“Nobody.”“You can’t take a phone call from nobody. That meansthere is no one on the other end of the phone, meaning no phone call. So. Who was it?” I asked.

Peering around her, I took note exactly where the hundred metre high cliff started. i didn't want to be taking an unexpected flying lesson today.

You two would get on like a house on fire. Don't douse the flames before you've struck a match.

I gazed up at the stars as I waited. They twinkled down at me, like a huge handful of diamonds someone had coated in glue and thrown on the ceiling.

My nerves came back in full force. I'd thrown myself in the deep end, and, feeling like I had no idea how to swim, I had to get back to shore somehow. "I'm sorry, " I whispered.

Sometimes I found it hard to believe that the person in the mirror was me.

That's why it's called a practice. We have to practice a practice if it is to be of value.

Nothing threatens a corrupt system like a free mind.

The dead have existed for as long as the living, give or take a few years. But what good has that done them?

Don't mind her. She keeps her nose so high in the air, she's liable to drown in a good rainstorm.

The greatest thing we can possibly gain from this life is the ability to love, and to love greatly.

I'm thinking of putting together an all-star band. I definitely have a bit of a rock fantasy.

A lot of people don't belong in our clothes, and they can't belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely.

Eventually, the time of action must come. When this happens, be a winner! Don't settle for mediocre results. Don't try to stay even. Go for it all!

[John Calvin's] Humanist training makes him an excellent writer. What is more, he is as relevant today as he was 500 years ago.

It's judgement day. I'm nervous. My films are finally being released!