I want you to know that you are not alone in your being alone.

I suppose the thing that really interests me is what mankind did with the big, big, big discoveries that have created our modern age.

Cynical is the name we give those we fear may be laughing at us.

Glory never arrives through the front door. She sneaks in uninvited round the back or through an upstairs window while you are sleeping.

Living with bipolar, schizophrenia or any other mental condition takes a recognition that one has a chronic condition that needs managing. The management can be through pharmaceutical intervention, talk therapy, mindfulness programmes, diet and exercise changes, all kinds of things.

You can't reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into an extra six inches in height.

Hey-ho, it's raining inside: it isn't my fault and there's nothing I can do about it, but sit it out. But the sun may well come out tomorrow and when it does, I shall take full advantage.