"If I was still at Ipswich, I wouldn't be where I am today."

“Must protect my little pockets of happiness.”

“To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence.”

Source : Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer - Counsels and maxims (illustrated)”, p.39, Full Moon Publications

“I can, and do, walk the street. No one bothers me or anything, because most people wouldn't know who I am.”

Source : Interview with Amelie Gillette, film.avclub.com. May 31, 2006.

“China is more prosperous than before. The people have better lives but they are not happy and confident because the scars are still there.”

“I try to eliminate processed food completely out of my diet. That's bad for you.”

“Art should be like a holiday: something to give a man the opportunity to see things differently and to change his point of view.”

Source : "Der Bauhaus". Film on TV-Rechte, Germany, 1975.

“Too rigid specialization is almost as bad for a historian's mind, and for his ultimate reputation, as too early an indulgence in broad generalization and synthesis.”

“Drought brings out the worst in us and it's easy to hate your fellow human beings.”

Source : Luke Davies (2006). “Candy”, p.17, Allen & Unwin