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.

Unhappiness really meant something back then. Now it's just a drag, like a cold or having no money.

I had forgotten that Jess felt about long words the way that racists feel about black people: She hated them, and wanted to send them back from where they came from.

It's a mystery of human chemistry and I don't understand it, some people, as far as their senses are concerned, just feel like home.

Sarcasm and compassion are two of the qualities that make life on Earth tolerable.

I have a really low boredom threshold.

One day, maybe not in the next few weeks, but certainly in the conceivable future, someone will be able to refer to me without using the word 'arse' somewhere in the sentence.