There are eighty-eight keys on a piano and within that, an entire universe.

Do not confuse kindness with weakness. Kindness is a dying art. It is the single most important quality in this world and one which is sorely lacking.

Love is not an obsession or a delusion. Love exists in longing and appreciation.

Certainly it would be wonderful if we all knew exactly who we were.

Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children.

The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a second.

The world is unkind to the shoeless and frolicsome.

Action scenes get me so excited, and my adrenaline starts pumping.

We learned to build our emotional muscles, helping us make it through major market falls and grind through the trying times without losing our equilibrium.

Water inflated the belly Of Hart Crane, and of Shelley. Coleridge was a dope. Southwell died on a rope.

The internet has made it possible to meet more people, make more connections and do more interesting work than would ever have been possible . It enables serendipity at an entirely new scale.

I came to the conclusion that I am not a fiction writer.