Don’t keep fighting battles that are already lost.

Fear and anxiety are great motivators for me.

Of course you should study whatever you want. The written appreciation and understanding of literature, or any kind of artistic endeavour, is absolutely central to a decent society. Why d'you think books are the first things that the fascists burn?

I work three days at home, and two days in the British Library or the London Library, just to get out of the house and hide from the children.

People change, no use getting sentimental about it. Move on, find someone else.

It's hard to overestimate the teenage appetite for high drama.

Don’t keep fighting battles that are already lost.