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“I had no place in any coterie, or in any reciprocal self-advertising. I stood alone. I stood outside. I wanted only to learn. I wanted only to write better.”
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“Books. People have no idea how beautiful books are. How they taste on your fingers. How bright everything is when you light it with words.”
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“Really skinny actresses make me hungry - I see them and think, Honey, you need to eat!”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 
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“I wanted more firsts with Tod. But all I had left was a handful of lasts.”
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“Writers are interested in a diverse range of subjects, but prefer to move from field to field to satisfy intellectual curiosity, rather than devote an entire working life to one particular discipline.”
Source : Robert W. Bly (2003). “Careers for Writers & Others Who Have a Way with Words”, McGraw Hill Professional
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“Therapeutic fasting is not a mystical or magical cure. It works because the body has within it the capacity to heal when the obstacles to healing are removed. Health is the normal state. Most chronic disease is the inevitable consequence of living a life-style that places disease-causing stressors on the human organism. Fasting gives the body an interlude without those stressors so that it can speedily repair or accomplish healing that could not otherwise occur in the feeding state.”
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“Rich by nature, poor by policy' might be written over Canada's door.”
Source : Goldwin Smith (1892). “Canada and the Canadian Question ...”
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“Don't underestimate the therapeutic value of gardening. It's the one area where we can all use our nascent creative talents to make a truly satisfying work of art. Every individual, with thought, patience and a large portion of help from nature, has it in them to create their own private paradise: truly a thing of beauty and a joy for ever.”
