The only way to be happy is to realise how much depends on how you look at things

Must being in love always mean being in pain?

Our disrespect for thinking: someone sitting in a chair, gazing out of a window blankly, always described as 'doing nothing'.

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

My writing always came out of a very personal place, out of an attempt to stay sane.

The desire for high status is never stronger than in situations where "ordinary" life fails to answer a median need for dignity and comfort.

Maturity: the confidence to have no opinions on many things.