"We are all hypocrites. We cannot see ourselves or judge ourselves the way we see and judge others."

“Normally, I spend a week on the outline and take two weeks to write the book.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“And how could I believe that Australian wine was automatically inferior to wine sourced from other regions on the planet when I had never drunk anything but liquid nitrogen?”

Source : Matt Haig (2014). “The Humans: A Novel”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

“At moments like this I envy those who have found a safe haven in which to bestow their hearts; or perhaps I envy them for having a heart to bestow. I often feel that I myself am without one, and possess in its stead merely a heart shaped stone.”

“How cruel the Penal Laws are which exclude me from a fair trial with men whom I look upon as so much my inferiors.”

Source : "The correspondence of Daniel O'Connell, Vol. II". Book by Daniel O'Connell, Irish Manuscripts Commission, Letter N. 700, 1972.

“As for the people who say tackling problems through clothes is superficial, I think they say that because they have their own issues about self worth.”

Source : "MEN Reader Meets Trinny and Susannah". Interview with Helen Tither, www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk. February 15, 2007.

“When you have an inconsistent season, you learn a lot about yourself and your pitching.”

“Since 1970, relationships can be more volatile, jobs more ephemeral, geographical mobility more intensified, stability of marriage weaker.”

“I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.”