On the whole, anything that gets you writing and keeps you writing is a good thing. Anything that stops you writing is a bad thing.

I do not threaten, I merely advise caution.

You have to believe. Otherwise, it will never happen.

What power would Hell have if those imprisoned were not able to dream of Heaven?

We...we could be friends.' We COULD be rare specimens of an exotic breed of dancing African elephants, but we're not. At least, I'M not.

The future had suddenly become unknowable: anything could happen: the train of my life had jumped the rails and headed off across the fields and coming down the lane with me, then.

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're Doing Something.