[On writing biography:] If you wish to see a person you must not start by seeing through him.

We are being governed by the dregs of the nation - and their brutality is so capricious that no one can feel certain that he will be safe tomorrow.

I do not think that one is likely to write a good biography unless one feels some sympathy with its subject.

The biographer's real business - if it is not too arrogant to say so - is simply this: to bring the dead to life.

Behind each biography there should always be a rich treasury of unformulated knowledge, a tapestry that has not been unrolled.

Display your passion, and others will be inspired. Enthusiasm is contagious.

Have the discipline to listen to and to trust your instincts.

Change is hard at first, Messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.

When life is going according to plan, we don't stop to question our daily habits...Maybe it's time to sift through our lives.

Don’t worry about a style. It will creep up on you and eventually you will have to undo it in order to go further.

Blessed are those who imitate us for they shall inherit our faults.

I was so moved by the intelligence,sense of fun and personalities of the animals I worked with on Babe that by the end of the film I was a vegetarian.

I don't want five hundred billion neural chips. I want guts.

If the chaos is overwhelming, I start making lists. To write it down puts it in perspective.

Happiness and bacteria have one thing in common; they multiply by dividing!