You should know that there are some things for which there are no answers, no matter how beautiful the words may be.

Sometimes poetry--words--give us a small, lovely look at ourselves. And sometimes that is enough.

In a way, my childhood was one long bunch of pages... I read and read and read.

I have great respect for children. And I have great respect for their ability as writers.

What is perfect? Journey, a thing doesn't have to be perfect to be fine. That goes for a picture. That goes for life....Things can be good enough.

Life is made up of circles ... Life is not a straight line ... And sometimes we circle back to a past time. But we are not the same. We are changed forever.

My greatest fear is being somewhere without a book.

I never work from an outline, and often I dont know how the story will end.

All the world can be found in poetry. All you need to see and hear. All the moments, good and bad, joyous and sad.

Fact and fiction are different truths.

There is always something to miss, no matter where you are.

Forever is a really long time, you know? What do you do with forever?""The same thing you do when you don't have forever." He smiled wanly. "Live.

Every interaction in the marketplace produces some kind of evaluation or appraisal opportunity that can be conveyed to others by the person on the receiving end of the interaction.

Striving for perfection can get in the way during the early stages of the creative process.

The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal.

The idea of self-reliance is important to me, and that is echoed, in my way of thinking, by a conservative approach to politics.

No good work is done anywhere without aid from the Father of Lights.

At the start of the season you're strong enough to win the Premiership and the European Cup, but you have to be as strong in March, when the fish are down.

To be of use to the world is the only way to be happy.

All love is unrequited. All of it.

It is in vain to ridicule a rich fool, for the laughers will be on his side.