"I could have made money this way, and perhaps amused myself writing code. But I knew that at the end of my career, I would look back on years of building walls to divide people, and feel I had spent my life making the world a worse place."

"I'm undaunted in my quest to amuse myself by constantly changing my hair."

"Cooking, decorating, diet/self-help and gardening books are guilty pleasures and useful time fillers."

"I can always live by my pen."

"Angry people are not always wise."

"Nobody minds having what is too good for them."