The essential thing about mothers is that one needs to know that they are there, particularly at that age when, paradoxically, one is trying so hard to break away from parental influence.

Take your work seriously, but never yourself.

Jumping for joy' is a very basic human reaction, and a child skipping down the street is simply an untrained dancer.

I’ve found the perfect partner.

Genius is another word for magic.

Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable.

I have never wanted to live to be old, so old I'd run out of friends or money.