Animals are sentient, intelligent, perceptive, funny and entertaining. We owe them a duty of care as we do to children.

Stories make you think and dream; books make you want to ask questions.

Read a lot - poems, prose, stories, newspapers, anything. Read books and poems that you think you will like and some that you think might not be for you. You might be surprised.

There's a nobility in his eye, a regal serenity about him. Does he not personify all that men try to be and never can be?

It's the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom.

Don't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life.

Always write your ideas down however silly or trivial they might seem. Keep a notebook with you at all times.

Live an interesting life. Meet people. Read a lot and widely, learn from the great writers

Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth.

Being his real brother I could feel I live in his shadows, but I never have and I do not now. I live in his glow.

I can hate you more, but I'll never love you less.

I know something is super creative, when I feel disappointed that I didn't come up with the idea!

Brilliant people never think of the lives they smash, being brilliant.

Preparation to success is hard work of daily practice with improvement.

I love music. It's freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.

A joke a day keeps the gloom away!

Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.

Lawyers must pry into the recesses of the human heart, and become well acquainted with the whole moral world, that they may discover the abstract reason of all laws.

There are a lot of bad screenplays so if you write a good screenplay people are going to respond to it.

I think Aussies try to stay humble.

Survival is not important. What matters is how you survive.