I don't mean that literary fiction is better than genre fiction, On the contrary; novels can perform two functions and most perform only one.

I was born too late for steam trains and a lazy eye meant I'd never be an astronaut.

It wasn't about believing this or that, it wasn't even about good and evil and right and wrong, it was about finding the strength to bear the discomfort that came with being in the world.

And it occurred to him that there were two parts to being a better person. One part was thinking about other people. The other part was not giving a toss what other people thought.

I like dogs. You always know what a dog is thinking. It has four moods. Happy, sad, cross and concentrating. Also, dogs are faithful and they do not tell lies because they cannot talk.

On the fifth day, which was a Sunday, it rained very hard. I like it when it rains hard. It sounds like white noise everywhere, which is like silence but not empty.

Everyone has learning difficulties, because learning to speak French or understanding relativity is difficult.

No one wants to know how clever you are. They don't want an insight into your mind, thrilling as it might be. They want an insight into their own.

You love someone, you've got to let something go.

For me, disability is a way of getting some extremity, some kind of very difficult situation, that throws an interesting light on people.

From a good book, I want to be taken to the very edge. I want a glimpse into that outer darkness.

The greatest gift at Christmas is love. The love that bind us together us one Human Family.

At times I think and at times I am.

I am positive that flexibility is a feminine characteristic.

The only pictures worth making are the ones that are playing with fire.

I do condition my hair with honey and beer. I smell like the bottom of a beer barrel for days afterwards, but it's very good for the hair.

I know that when I'm looking better and I'm eating right, I also feel better.

Most companies are built to execute today's business model, not discover tomorrow's.

Extinguished theologians lie about the cradle of every science, as strangled snakes beside that of Hercules

With every adversity there is a seed of an equivalent or greater benefit for those who are motivated with positive mental attitude to become achievers.

Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a university.