Objectively good spaces to work rarely end up being so; in their faultlessness, quiet and well-equipped studios have a habit of rendering the fear of failure overwhelming. Original thoughts are like shy animals. We sometimes have to look the other way - towards a busy street or terminal - before they run out of their burrows.

The most unbearable thing about many successful people is not - as we flatteringly think - how lazy they are, but how hard they work.

If one felt successful, there'd be so little incentive to be successful.

Most of our childhood is stored not in photos, but in certain biscuits, lights of day, smells, textures of carpet.

The degree of sympathy we feel regarding another's fiasco is directly proportional to how easy or difficult it is for us to imagine ourselves, under like circumstances, making a similar mistake.

The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to.

To one's enemies: "I hate myself more than you ever could.