Energy plus talent and you are a king, energy and no talent and you are still a prince, talent and no energy and you are a pauper

Chatterers are a menace.

When a book comes out I wonder if one person will buy it. It's agony. Of course it's stupid, but it's agony.

A strong man who has known power all his life may lose respect for that power. But a weak man knows the value of strength.

Time spent on preparation is seldom wasted.

At the end of my trial, I was rather hoping the judge would send me to Australia for the rest of my life.

And I did wonder - because it's now three years ago since I left prison - whether there would come a time when I would forget it, or it would be in the past as anything else might be - no, it's there every day of my life.