All writers learn this, in time: don't show your work to other people until it's safely finished. Even discussing your unborn book in quite general t….

Some people are suspicious of others who have more than one talent. I've had poets tell me to my face that an actress can't be a poet..

The most important thing I think teachers can do for young people is to make them inquiring, is to ensure that they know how to gather information, t….

People are led to reason thus: a woman who is a wife is one who has made a permanent sex bargain for her maintenance; the woman who is not married mu….

There is only one necessary condition for the emergence of a new theatre, that the stage and auditorium should be open to the masses, should be able ….

Life is a lottery that we've already won. But most people have not cashed in their tickets..

I like to be able to get up and go and buy a pint of milk without bumping into 20 people I know..

It's been a joy to be a part of other people's journey, to be able to inspire and be a part of new singers coming up in this business..

I wonder if it's ever really possible to know the truth about someone else, or if the best we can do is just stumble into each other, heads down, hop….

Keep your own secret, and get out other people's. Keep your own temper, and artfully warm other people's. Counterwork your rivalswith diligence and d….

People would rather be shown how valuable you are, not told..

What people believe is a measure of what they suffer..

The people of the Third World need our sympathetic understanding and, much more than that, they need our help. We can provide them with a margin of s….

People who have "their own issues" often don't stand back and look at the big picture- they're too busy orchestrating their own issues..

A lot of people think that all the things that could be invented have been invented. But we are just on the frontier of discovery and invention. It's….

For me, I enjoy intimidating people and I enjoy being intimidated. It is exciting. It's cool to have an experience with someone where you challenge t….

I'm not out there trying to get press for myself nor am I trying to convince anybody that I'm living any kind of a life. I'm actually trying to convi….

A lot of stuff in Wikipedia is not true, and that goes for a lot of people. I sometimes think, "How can that happen?" But Wikipedia is maintained by ….

When you're around people, act like you like them..

I always tell people, anger is like liquid. It's fluid, it's like water. You put it in a container and it takes the shape of that container. So many ….

I really do like listening to stuff that's happened to other people. I guess that's why I like to read..