The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it's as though you always get in ten minutes after the big picture has started, and no-one will tell you the plot, so you have to work it out all yourself from the clues.

The poor are not just passive victims; they are active agents trying to navigate a difficult world.

The secret of happiness is to expand your interests as much as possible and to be as kind as possible to the people and things that interest you.

I don't let anyone break me.