Art opens the fishiest eye . . .

Books aren't lumps of paper, but minds on shelves.

Remember, a book is always a gift.

I drink to not giving a damn . . .

The books housed in one's first adult bookshelf are the geological bed of who we wish to become

Ageing is a process of exchanging hope for insight

Unlikely things are often true . . .

Don't be a martyr to your imagination.

He wanted to limit me to his own investigation of who I was . . .

you're so full of shit, you ought to be a cow manure

Once more for Britain, � I said to the empty room. I might not be the Queen everyone wanted me to be, but I was intelligent and fully capable of breaking the code.

It is important to remember that we are attacked not because we are bad, but because the devil doesn’t like God blessing us

Someone asked me, 'How do you write a book?' I said, 'I live with a pen in one hand.

Fiction keeps its audience by retaining the world as its subject matter. People like the world. Many people actually prefer it to art and spend their days by choice in the thick of it.

I never say "get like me". I would hate for my competition to be on my level. In fact, stay exactly with what your doing.

Select your friendships carefully. Gather people around you who will reinforce your lifestyle.

Dessert without cheese is like a beauty with only one eye

I am made to tremble and I fear!

If I were to die tomorrow, I think they'd say Newman 56, composer of the hit song, Short People. Jumped off a mountain today.