Jealousy is an emotion. It doesn't have to make sense. In fact, it usually doesn't.

my major form of exercise is jumping to conclusions.

There are old riders and bold riders, but no old bold riders.

When I began writing, the words that inspired me were these: A writer is someone who has written today. If you want to be a writer, whats stopping you?

Give the girl an inch and she thinks she's a ruler.

A writer is someone who has written something today

When you have an important story to tell, the words you need seem to come of their own accord.

Beyond a certain point, that was all a mother could do for her children - Hang around long enough to drive them crazy.

As I get older, the things I'm sure of become fewer.

I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about my 'voice' as a writer and being able to keep the characters true to themselves.

I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982.

Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.

Like most professional golfers, I have a tendency to remember my poor shots a shade more vividly than the good ones.

It's very hard to dismantle the ball off Wayne Rooney

I'd been taught to paint like other people, and I thought, what's the use? I couldn't do any better than they, or even as well. I was just adding to the brushpile. So I quit.

I fear nomads. I am afraid of them and afraid for them too.

I had never said, 'dad, I love you'.

And singing is a physical thing - your vocal cords are these muscles.

It's nothing personal, but I'm going to kill this guy

I feel the most vulnerable when I'm in love. When my heart is open, and when life is making me feel like I have to open up myself completely. Love has a tendency to do that.

I long To hear the story of your life, which must Take the ear strangely.