Boredom is the keynote of poverty - of all its indignities, it is perhaps the hardest of all to live with - for where there is no money there is no change of any kind.

All the mistakes I ever made were when I wanted to say 'No' and said 'Yes'.

Far more quickly than reason and logic, irony can penetrate rage and puncture self-pity.

So far as I know, anything worth hearing is not usually uttered at seven o'clock in the morning; and if it is, it will generally be repeated at a more reasonable hour for a larger and more wakeful audience.

The only credential the city asked was the boldness to dream. For those who did, it unlocked its gates and its treasures, not caring who they were or where they came from.

Boredom is the keynote of poverty - of all its indignities, it is perhaps the hardest of all to live with - for where there is no money there is no change of any kind.

There is nothing like tasting the grit of fear for rediscovering that the umbilical cord is made of piano wire.