Sometimes we have to be judged by our one-offs.

You have to work at relationships. You can’t just walk out on them every time something goes wrong.

The trouble with history is that there are too many people involved

Most people get suicide, I guess; most people, even if it's hidden deep down inside somewhere, can remember a time in their lives when they thought about whether they really wanted to wake up the next day. Wanting to die seems like it might be a part of being alive.

I love the relationship that anyone has with music ... because there's something in us that is beyond the reach of words, something that eludes and defies our best attempts to spit it out. ... It's the best part of us probably.

Every time people force themselves to carry on with a book they're not enjoying, they reinforce the idea that reading is a duty.

It's not what you like but what you are like that's important.