Wealth is not an absolute. It is relative to desire. Every time we yearn for something we cannot afford, we grow poorer, whatever our resources. And every time we feel satisfied with what we have, we can be counted as rich, however little we may actually possess.

The media insists on taking what someone didn't mean to say as being far closer to the truth than what they did.

I learnt to stop fantasising about the perfect job or the perfect relationship because that can actually be an excuse for not living.

The more dignity is widely and freely available in a society, the less people want to be famous.

Being funny should be an incidental byproduct of trying to get to something truthful, not a destination in itself.

We accept the need to train extensively to fly a plane; but think instinct should be enough for marrying and raising kids.

We feel something, and reach out for the nearest phrase or hum with which to communicate, but which fails to do justice to what has induced us to do so....We stay on the outside of our impressions, as if staring at them through a frosted window, superficially related to them, yet estranged from whatever has eluded casual definition.