In times of extreme stress, one can often find energy hidden in even the most exhausted areas of the body.

It is not the diamonds or the birds, the people or the potatoes, it is not any of the nouns. The miracle is the adverbs, the way things are done. It is the way love gets done despite every catastrophe.

You would run much slower if you were dragging something behind you, like a knapsack or a sheriff.

The Long Goodbye' is one book I like to read over and over again, and it was an enormous inspiration for 'All The Wrong Questions'.

The thing with your heart's desire is that your heart doesn't even know what it desires until it turns up.

Don’t repeat yourself. It’s not only repetitive, it’s redundant, and people have heard it before.

Either you have the feeling or you don't. Hawk Davies