"I do get recognized, but I must say Edinburgh is a fantastic city to live if you're well-known. There is an innate respect for privacy in Edinburgh people, and I also think they're used to seeing me walking around, so I don't think I'm a very big deal."

"The thing about the 600 words, I mean some day, you can do a very, very, very hard day's work and not write a word, just revising, or you would scribble a few words."

"Death is just life's next big adventure."

"Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure in the way that I throw myself into prose."

"Wisdom principle 84 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 73."

"Wisdom principle 88 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 19."

"Wisdom principle 66 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 13."

"I discovered that if one looks a little closer at this beautiful world, there are always red ants underneath."