I suppose that there is no point wasting time being lazy, though of course indolence in a divine way, actually has its advantages.

No adolescent ever wants to be understood, which is why they complain about being misunderstood all the time.

I was born Mary Patterson, but then I married and naturally took my husband's name, so now I'm Neil Patterson.

I have Van Gogh's ear for music

It was behaviour that I thought not far from racism, sexism or any other kind of prejudice or snobbery. 'Because you are not cute, I do not want to know you' was, to me, hardly different from suggesting 'because you are gay, I dislike you

How can one not be fond of something that the Daily Mail despises?

I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable.