A regime which combines perpetual surveillance with total indulgence is hardly conducive to healthy development.

Charm is always genuine; it may be superficial but it isn't false.

Don't just plan to write - write. It is only by writing, not dreaming about it, that we develop our own style.

Daniel supposed he had a secret life. Most people did; it was hardly possible to live without one.

It shows considerable wisdom to know what you want in life and then to direct all your energies towards getting it.

Can we ever break free of the devices and desires of our own hearts? Might not our conscience be telling us what we most want to hear?

Most of my life I have needed more time to be on my own.