Writers don't need love; all they require is money.

Royalty is the gold filling in a mouthful of decay

Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building.

Go on - but don't think you can kill my confidence. I've had experts doing it for years.

I must be the luckiest man in the world. Not only am I bisexual, I am also Welsh.

They spend their time looking forward to the past.

A refined sort of butcher, a woman is.

We all of us waited for him to die. The family sent him a check every month, and hoped he'd get on with it quietly, without too much vulgar fuss.

Don't be afraid of being emotional. You won't die of it.

Asking a writer what he thinks about criticism is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs.

Let's pretend that we're human beings and that we're actually alive.

We are always fascinated with the past, but the future is always brighter.

Don’t let affluence make you impoverished of God.

Your most vauluable asset can be your willingness to persist longer than anyone else.

The opportunities in this world are as great as we have the imagination to see them... but we never get that view from the bottom of the nest.

Once I finished, I got that procrastination monkey off my back! And I started seeing doors opening.

I am a mechanical techie. I can build things with my hands.

Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.

Equality is a nice idea, but it's entirely impossible to prove.

Unless one can think wisely it is better to remain a dummy.

Explanations are a substitute for trust.