It's not the substance of what you make known to me that's beautiful

If the weight comes from bacon you can so deduct it off the scale total to get your true weight. #science

You are a failure not the time when you are defeated.. but when you give up fighting.

Dream lofty dreams and as you dream so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall at last unveil.

Piglet: "How do you spell 'love'?" Winnie the Pooh: "You don't spell it...you feel it."

I'm not a racist or misogynist person, but I find these jokes funny, so I say them.

I write in order to belong.

A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.

If the novels are still being read in 50 years, no one is ever going to say: 'What's great about that sixth book is that he met his deadline!' It will be about how the whole thing stands up.

I used to have a list of things from my school buddies of what kind of art material they wanted. I'd go up to the West End of London and spend the whole day knocking stuff off.

I used to think all poets were Byronic Mad, bad and dangerous to know. And then I met a few. See Lamb 486:25.