Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.

Do you remember you shot a seagull? A man came by chance, saw it and destroyed it, just to pass the time.

Solomon made a big mistake when he asked for wisdom.

Write, write, write-till your fingers break.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

The time's come: there's a terrific thunder-cloud advancing upon us, a mighty storm is coming to freshen us up....It's going to blow away all this idleness and indifference, and prejudice against work....I'm going to work, and in twenty-five or thirty years' time every man and woman will be working.

In my head there is a whole army of people asking to be let out and waiting for the word of command.