The discipline required for athletics carried through to writing. You call it obsession. I call it discipline. By the way, I see nothing wrong with that.
The popularity of an individual in life often only manifests itself in death.
And I did wonder – because it’s now three years ago since I left prison – whether there would come a time when I would forget it, or it would be in the past as anything else might be – no, it’s there every day of my life.
But I certainly made mistakes, for which I regret, I think most human beings in their lifetime make mistakes, mine ended up in two years prison – two very remarkable years from which I learnt a lot.
I learnt a lot about myself, I learnt a lot about other people and the problems they have. If I was lucky enough to live to a hundred, how I will feel about two per cent of my life being that way, I don’t know.
War and Peace maddens me because I didn’t write it myself, and worse, I couldn’t.
At the end of my trial, I was rather hoping the judge would send me to Australia for the rest of my life.
Well I certainly have learned and I hope I’m moving on and certainly two years of prison was a terrible punishment.
It is often spur-of-the-moment decisions, sometimes made by others, that can change our whole lives.
I’m passionate again about writing. This is important to me; it’s got to be the comeback book.
If you have to pay a bill, always make it look as if the amount is of no consequence.
You see, the problem with being a bully is that on the flipside of that particular coin, you’ll find the imprint of a coward.
Pride has never been a virtue. There are some occasions on which it is wise to remain silent.
Then one morning she woke to find him sitting on the edge of the bed, staring at her. She blinked at him. ‘Is something wrong, darling?’ ‘No. I’m just looking at my greatest asset, and making sure I never take it for granted.
Never seek the wind in the field – it is useless to try and find what is gone.” Your.
In the end, it all comes down to how you cope with the unforeseen.
For the Indians, cricket is not a game, it’s a religion.
Some clever children don’t discover how bright they are until after they’ve left school,’ continued Mr Holcombe, ’and then spend the rest of their lives regretting the wasted years.
I never advise friends to put money in anything,. said Danny. ‘It’s a no-win situation – if they make a profit they forget that it was you who recommended it, and if they make a loss they never stop reminding you. My only advise would be not to gamble what you can’t afford, and never to risk an amount that might cause you to lose a night’s sleep.
Like a blind man, unaware of race or religion, he quickly discovered that prejudice was often taught at the breakfast table.