I've loved art for more than 30 years.

Never be frightened by those you assume have more talent than you do, because in the end energy will prevail. My formula is: 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.

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

Making a million legally has always been difficult. Making a million illegally has always been a little easier. Keeping a million when you have made it is perhaps the most difficult of all.

It is often spur-of-the-moment decisions, sometimes made by others, that can change our whole lives.

What I have found is that real friends stand by you.

Sixty per cent of people entering prison today are illiterate.