John Fowles

The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself.

We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words.

Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to wanting what we want.

Wikileaks in its essence is a publisher, pure and simple. They were very much in the same position as 'The New York Times' and 'The Guardian.'

It has been well said that tea is suggestive of a thousand wants, from which spring the decencies and luxuries of civilization.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.