Unexpected gifts were better accepted when they were presented by total strangers, I had learnt.

You just cannot have the same thing twice without being disappointed.

Deeply happy people are even thankful for the trials and tragedies they pass through.

I have a memory like an elephant. I remember every elephant I've ever met.

Get up from your desk and wander outside occasionally. To be a good writer one needs to be a good observer, and there isn't a lot to be observed at desk level.

Water is essential to life! It's also great for keeping your skin looking good and healthy, which is an added bonus.

Nicholas this is one of those 'yes' or 'no' questions again. You seem to have a problem with those. Did you or did you not kill a woman - Jo

There are mountainous, arduous days, up which one takes an infinite time to climb, and downward-sloping days which one can descend at full tilt, singing as one goes.

What happens in the music business is that if you step out of your little spot to do something else, the sand falls right into where you stood and you're gone, you're history.

But one should pray in one's heart during a sacred ceremony; this is the purpose of the ceremony, to purify the participants both inside and outside.

Africa, your sufferings have been the theme that has arrested & engaged my heart.