Real seriousness in regard to writing is one of two absolute necessities. The other, unfortunately, is talent.
Never forget the nine most important words of any family- I love you. You are beautiful. Please forgive me.
Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language.
Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.
Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.
Believe in miracles but don't depend on them.
After September, I've reflected on the campaign, and being a new father of twin boys, I really feel like I owe it to the kids in the city to give this a shot and make this district a better place.
The fact remains that books that really put gay people in the center, and especially books that do so in a way that is sexually explicit, tend not to get a great deal of mainstream attention: they don't tend to sell well, and they don't tend to win major awards. This makes the occasional exception, like Alan Hollinghurst, all the more remarkable.
At Spotify, we really want you to democratically win as a musician. We want you to win because your music is the best music.
We have a responsibility toward the other life-forms of our planet whose continued existence is threatened by the thoughtless behavior of our own human species. . . . Environmental responsibility – for if there is no God, then, obviously, it is up to us to put things right.