Patrick Kavanagh

Young writers should keep out of pubs and remember that the cliche way of the artistic life is a lie.

What appears in newspapers is often new but seldom true.

There is nothing as dead and as damned as an important thing. The things that really matter are casual, insignificant little things.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.

Once you avoid the things that accelerate aging like smoking, obesity, excessive alcohol consumption, and excessive sun exposure, you've done about as much as you can to influence your aging process.