The Impossible is Always Possible

And have they fixed the where, and when? And shall Trelawny die? Here's thirty thousand Cornish men, Will know the reason why!

A man should not glory in what he already knows but in what he has yet to learn.

Stories are one of the most powerful ways in which we communicate ideas among ourselves. They are the stuff that brings us together, the things we celebrate, the things we share with one another.

The sight of parents, children and grandparents all descending on a tented field to enjoy the pleasure of ideas and books renews my faith in humanity.

I want a book to contain a world - indeed the world. Writing is my main means of engagement with the world and I want the scars of that engagement to be left in the language.

What was the function of poetry if not to improve the petty, cautious minds of evasive children?

When people ask what were the qualities of Bobby Kennedy that they most admired, it was first that he was tough. Second, he told the truth and third, he stood up for the little guy.

When we vest our personal opinions with the trappings of religion, we make religion the servant of our politics.

Honest businessmen should be protected from the unscrupulous consumer.

The writer's intention hasn't anything to do with what he achieves. The intent to earn money or the intent to be famous or the intent to be great doesn't matter in the end. Just what comes out.

To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.

I maintain that some Jew wrote it who probably heard about Christian people but never encountered any.

Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.