Litigation only makes lawyers fat.

It's a strange paradox that a man gifted with too many talents can fritter them all away without developing a single one to its full.

I write my books in my head, and not in a specific study with a view. The view is from my inner eyes.

It's probably true that everyone has a book in them, although it may not be a very good one.

Failure makes success so much sweeter, and allows you to thumb your nose at the crowds.

They do say that socialism is the ideal philosophy-just as long as you have capitalists to pay for it.

I think one of the most poignant things is unrequited love and loneliness.

When I vacate this sack of old bones I won't care what you do with it. Bury or burn it but don't make much fuss.

Sometimes it is best for men not to attempt to interfere with destiny. Our prayers can be answered in ways which we do not expect and do not welcome.

I don't want children. Why should I let some strange little monster into my life to destroy what to me is a perfect set-up?

All my characters have got a big slice of me in them. A big piece of me, because it's my dialogue and this is the way I think and talk.

Пустинните бурени оцеляват, а пролетното цвете разцъфва и повяхва.

Singing for a documentary that benefits the underprivileged remains one of my biggest dreams.

With earth's burgeoning human population to feed we must turn to the sea with understanding and new technology. We need to farm it as we farm the land.

He sighed heavily. "Girls are mean. At least faeries simply kill you if they don't want you around." He put a hand on the wall, leaning against it and tapping his foot impatiently.

I've always been intrigued by the supernatural.

Though as he'd say, what is 'belief' but a willingness to suspend the negatives?

There's a fear that I don't think people are interested in my actual opinion. I just think people are interested in me being funny.

You never know where your next scare is coming from. You've just gotta find the courage to face it.

You can't teach it [jazz singing]. There's nobody who can teach you how to sing jazz. Either you know how to sing jazz, or you don't.

If everyone played it safe, we wouldn't get anywhere.