Today is cruel, tomorrow is crueler, and the day after tomorrow is beautiful. But most people will die tomorrow night, so don't give up today.

All the other children at my school are stupid. Except I’m not meant to call them stupid, even though this is what they are.

If we treat the ocean as a limitless resource, we will soon find it is anything but.

"The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties."