“You’re every single fantasy I’ve ever had.”

But sometimes, it’s harder to admit to ourselves we want love in our lives than it is to keep living without it.

Looking for the good in people is never stupid.

The best self promotion is your next book. And the book after that and after that.

I’ve always wondered why love has to be so full of conflict and strife. Why can’t love be simple? Why can’t it just be as pure as two people who realize that they can’t live as well, or as happily, apart as they can together?

Unrequited love made right is the ultimate, isn’t it?

Some things are just perfect, even when they don’t make any sense

Democratic regimes may be defined as those in which, every now and then, the people are given the illusion of being sovereign, while the true sovereignty in actual fact resides in other forces which are sometimes irresponsible and secret.

Every pound that comes into the Exchequer was earned by someone through hard work, and could have been used for a new car, a holiday or a treat for the children.

I know there are writers who get up every morning and sit by their typewriter or word processor or pad of paper and wait to write. I don’t function that way. I go through a long period of gestation before I’m even ready to write.

I’ve shaken hands with every radio station, from Honduras to Ryan Seacrest’s.

We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.

Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it’s not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions.

I don’t think that every child in America is going to necessarily aspire to, you know, a four-year degree from a liberal arts college or a certain kind of life. I think that people should learn to be excellent in the thing that they choose to do.

The burden of poverty isn’t just that you don’t always have the things you need: it’s the feeling of being embarrassed every day of your life, and you’d do anything to lift that burden.