While there may not be a book in every one of us, there is so often a damned good short story.

I'm passionate again about writing. This is important to me; it's got to be the comeback book.

If you make a deal with a fool, don't be surprised when they act foolishly.

I find I don't learn a lot while I'm talking

I want to be your stranger across a crowded room.

Are parents always more ambitious for their children than they are for themselves?

I learnt a lot about myself, I learnt a lot about other people and the problems they have. If I was lucky enough to live to a hundred, how I will feel about two per cent of my life being that way, I don't know.