Leaders should never, ever try to look cool - that's for dictators

People who get through life dependent on other people's possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count.

Artists don't create society, they reflect it

Books are the key. A book cannot be accessed from afar. You have to hold it, you have to read it.

I'm easy to work with, not a pushover, but I respond to criticism and find it inspiring.

There are lots of things I could have done for the money, but I've made a great living doing the things I want to do.

Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towards them.