Inthehistorian'sview biography isa kindoffrogspawn it takes ten thousand biographies to make one small history.

Between history and the novel stands biography, their unwanted offspring, which has brought a great embarrassment to them both.

I think that when one is dead one should be a little bit bolder, so that the rest of us may have some record of how things actually were.

Better to be strong than pretty and useless.

He had a real mother, and a stepfather named Bart who Martin called Fart but only with his brothers and James

So long as there's a gap in your life, fill it with love.

No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.

No one, but no one, ever behaves 'well' in bed unless they love or are loved - two conditions seldom fulfilled.

The key thing about life is to be true to a set of beliefs. And to be genuine.

God has spoken to me many times that my job is to love and his job is to heal.

Some experiences are mis-educative. Any experience is mis-educative that has the effect of arresting or distorting the growth of further experience.

Men and women really do want the same things. We just need each other to bring it out. That's really the truth of the matter.

Too much to know is to know nought but fame; And every godfather can give a name.