"You like to write. It's the single most important quality for someone who wants to be a writer. But not in itself enough."

“There are three things I always forget. Names, faces and... the third I can't remember.”

Source : Italo Svevo (1969). “Essays on Italo Svevo”

“The nature of the world is inherently obvious, if you remain in a state of total psycho-physical oneness with whatever and all that presently arises.”

“In the New World, happiness is enforced.”

Source : Peter Porter (1989). “A Porter Selected: Poems, 1959-1989”, Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press

“When Rick Perry was told about Kim Jong Il, he said, 'I never heard of him, but then again, I don't listen to that rap.'”

“I grew up as a sports fan, and I know that a hall of fame is very different than an award for being the best of the year. It's a nod to the longevity of our accomplishment.”

“If your heart was as big as your mouth you'd be real.”

Source : Song: Bring Your Whole Crew, Album: Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood

“They're always going, don't deal with terrorists. Let's deal with them. What's Allah offering you boys, 100 virgins? We'll give you 50 slags.”

“Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.”