“There's an awful lot of inactive kindness which is nothing but laziness, not wanting any trouble, confusion, or effort.”

“People are so lazy, they want everything to be simple, but nothing is simple. Nothing.”

“Nothing is impossible. Just put a lot of effort and dedication because any of you can be the same or better than Yamilet…”

“UNLESS someone like you
cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get better.
It's not.”

“Men of action, I notice, are rarely humble, even in situations where action of any kind is a great mistake, and masterly inaction is called for.”

“Friendship is love as much as any romance. And like any love, it’s difficult and treacherous and confusing. But in the moment when your knees touch, there’s nothing else you could ever want.”

“I'm not sure I'd want to pick the brain of any author. Some writers have a lot to say about what they write and why they write it. Others don't. I've met a lot of writers who have an awful lot to say in the bar, but whose books seem curiously empty.”

“Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.”

“Men need some kind of external activity, because they are inactive within.”

“People are terrified of being thought racist, there’s an awful confusion in many people’s minds. They think Islam is a race, which of course it isn’t”