Don't try to write too much in a single session. One thousand words a day is quite enough. Stop after about four or five hours.

To be brave, by definition, one has first to be afraid.

For me, as I suspect for most people, there comes a point where you have enough. If you've got £20 million, why keep going until you've got £100 million or £1,000 million? Does anyone need another vast yacht or private jet or a house full of gold?

The true currency of life is time, not money, and we've all got a limited stock of that.

Humans have changed little over time. We think we've invented the modern world but they were making better speeches 2,000 years ago and grappling with issues of empire and terrorism.

If one first gives himself to the Lord, all other giving is easy.

Suicide leaves everyone feeling guilty.