John needed to escape his reality. I understood completely but I couldn't go along with him.

Yoko had 10 years and I had 10 years and I would rather have had the 10 years I had than the ones she did. I had the raw talent and the raw human being, before the sycophants arrived.

John was in constant need of proof of love and security and he was constantly testing people for that proof.

John was closest of all to Paul; their relationship was very complex.

John's relationship with each of the other Beatles was different. He was at his most relaxed with Ringo, who often had him in stitches with his jokes.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

I will not leave Burma until the cross is planted here forever.

Any coalition has its troubles, as every married man knows.

In my experience, the heavy-handed, terror-inspiring approach closes as many doors as it smashes open.

The future is deterministic in principle, but not in practice.

I don't feel an obligation to give everyone a hard time, but when they're important people, it's fun.

Lightning is the shorthand of a storm, and tells of chaos.

I don't have to listen to anything you have to say.

Cancer came back into my life twice in order for me to understand something, and I guess I still wasn't getting it. And my husband wasn't getting it, either.