Stories are meant to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
One of my greatest influences is the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
I'm a leftie, and I've always believed in doing things on a modest scale.
Lesson no. 1: Making comparisons can spoil your happiness.
Lesson no. 3: Many people see happiness only in their future.
The Bishop and Knight, in contradistinction to the Queen and Rook, are called Minor Pieces.
The Queen is by much the most powerful of the forces.
Quotations, like much better things, has its abuses.
Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.
Grilled cheese and tomato soup is the ultimate comfort meal.
I have a Lamborghini Diablo. I have Mercedes 600, a 500, a 300, a 190. I have a Ferrari Testarossa, a Porsche speedster.
I have a tattoo of Joy Division on my chest, and I like One Direction.
To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.
Young children are such nasty little beasts!
I used to walk to school with my nose buried in a book.
Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining - they just shine.
I am not the most eloquent guy in the world.
I am a very shy, introverted guy.
Those who are compassionate when they should be tough will be tough when they should be compassionate.
There is little correlation between the circumstances of people's lives and how happy they are.
To be able to be caught up into the world of thought - that is being educated.
