Muriel Spark

Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur.

It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.

All my pupils are the creme de la creme. Give me a girl of an impressionable age, and she is mine for life.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

I'd date someone younger or older; age doesn't matter to me. Or looks, really - it's all about maturity.

The first Decline I did was out of sheer love and appreciation for the music. In 1977, it was more about bands, because punk was a new form of music. It was groundbreaking and political.