why shine as bright as the sun, when you can shine as bright as the moon and let the stars shine beside you

The last clear definite function of men—muscles aching to work, minds aching to create beyond the single need—this is man.

I reckon being ill is one of the greatest pleasures of life provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.

I am not alone. Whatever else there was or is, writing is with me.

We must remember that everything depends on how we use a material, not on the material itself... New materials are not necessarily superior. Each material is only what we make it.

I think self-deprecation is such a disease, and I want to cure everybody of it and so that's my contribution.

My music has shaken hands with the world somehow - it's a beautiful disease, and I'm glad I got it.

Dance music was on its arse before we came along.

I used to describe myself as a comic novelist, but my concerns seem to have darkened over the past few years.

At the end of the day, we're just trying to prevent each other from going mad.

Topics of conversation among the multitude are generally persons, sometimes things, scarcely ever principles.