"'Whether their ladyships and the young ladies are enjoying themselves or not,' said Bao-yu, 'what concern is it of mi…"

"I invented the thing in about two seconds. It just came to me. I spent the next two hours cutting up cornflake packet…"

"Go away and find yourself a games agent; they know which companies want what, and they’ll present them for you"

"If you can’t put an idea over in twenty seconds, then you’re dead"

"you’re “…able to reason with the intuitive mind of a child, yet retain acquired knowledge and high I.Q"

"Back in 1973, a large lump of the school in which I taught detached itself and landed on my head. This put me into ea…"

"Because I couldn’t find anyone to help me out in Cape Verde, I had to start recording in France in 1988"

"They’re going to feel my message through my presence and my music"

"I wasn’t astonished by Europe and I was never that impressed by the speed and grandeur of modern America"

"I only regret my success has taken so long to achieve"