When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they've given up on you.

There are respectful, considerate things that can be done in life that will be appreciated by the recipient, and only good things can result.

Advice is very easy to give, and even easier not to follow, so I don't fool with it.

I was trying to put myself in a bottle that would one day wash up on the beach for my children. If I were a painter, I would have painted for them. If I were a musician, I would have composed music. But I am a lecturer. So I lectured.

I am going to keep having fun every day I have left, because there is no other way of life. You just have to decide whether you are a Tigger or an Eeyore.

The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.

Apologies are not pass/fail.