Vintage kisses, " Finlay said. "If only they could be bottled, you would have an elixir beyond price.

A man who is born to be hanged can never be drowned.

Those were the kind of kisses to keep a man awake at night, wanting more. Now, shall we drink this excellent wine and get on with the rest of the tour?

The Jock Upstart, is what Wellington calls - called me. A man who does not know his allotted place in the scheme of things.

What you give, you will get it back.So give love, just to not feel the lack.

Beware of logic.

I failed, many times in my life. One failure that I always remember was when my second book was rejected by 36 publishers. Many years later, I watched HuffPost come alive

In a marriage, you struggle and struggle and struggle, and then you realize that you have to ride the horse in the direction it's going. You stop trying to pull the reins in another direction.

Beckham is unusual. He was desperate to be a footballer. His mind was made up when he was nine or ten. Many kids think that it's beyond them. But you can't succeed without practising at any sport.

Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.

The idea that I really like is December 21st, 2012. Try to get a global moment of collective reflection as a way to bring about an uptick in human consciousness.

I know a lot of celebrity types go for Kabbalah and Scientology. But why pay 10 per cent of your earnings to someone when it's all common sense: treat others as you'd like to be treated yourself.

I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.

I have two false hips, a wired-up right knee, two crushed discs and scoliosis. If I don't dance, I seize up.