A jump jockey has to throw his heart over the fence - and then go over and catch it.

Let an idea swim to the surface like a fish in a pool...let the mind drift to the vision.

Love's easy to learn. It's like taking a risk. You set your mind on it and refuse to be afraid, and in no time you feel terrifically exhilarated and all your inhibitions fly out of the window.

I guessed life was like that. You gained and you lost, and if you saved anything from the ruins, even if only a shred of self-respect, it was enough to take you through the next bit.

Emotion is a rotten base for politics.

I hadn’t had a mother since I was two, and from then until seven I had believed God was someone who had run off with her and was living with her somewhere else... (God took your mother, dear, because he needed her more than you do) which had never endeared him to me

Look at everything upside down.Take absolutely nothing for granted.