I'm far too middle-class to morally object to a paying job..

Nothing good comes out of depression..

Yes. I've been asked to pose nude, but I never have, and I probably never will..

So many see themselves as aggrieved; so few see themselves as aggrievers..

To live remains an art which everyone must learn, and which no one can teach..

Jen, we did it. Everyone's free now..

Nothing good ever comes without a price..

I am very scared at the beginning of each book, because I've never written it before. I feel I have to teach myself how to do it..

You can't get it right, until you make it wrong..

I am a writer, not a transcriber..

I've lived my life dealing with everybody. And that's how it's always been for me..

I'm voraciously looking to express myself in my work. I love my work..

Frankly, once I've eaten a thing, I don't expect to see it again..

When I sing, I always relive a part of my life..

On its own, having escaped my grasp, the spool I had loosed was unwinding..

I teach my sighs to lengthen into songs..

Will loved to gallop..

Neither fear nor resist change - cultivate it..

Africa is on the rise..

I don't keep up with the Joneses, I am the Joneses..

Start small and with your own money..