Journeys are the midwives of thought. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than moving planes, ships or trains.

The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected them to be.

As victims of hurt, we frequently don't bring up what ails us, because so many wounds look absurd in the light of day.

Work is most fulfilling when you're at the comfortable, exciting edge of not quite knowing what you are doing.

At the heart of every frustration lies a basic structure: the collision of a wish with an unyielding reality.

As adults, we try to develop the character traits that would have rescued our parents.

You normally have to be bashed about a bit by life to see the point of daffodils, sunsets and uneventful nice days.