Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary although it has often been made has never proved widely persuasive.

Money was never a big motivation for me except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.

I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse for any reason whenever it's possible.

When you gain 50 pounds during pregnancy like I did you fear that you'll never get back in shape.

I had a fear of becoming anything a fear of becoming a specialist. I might have become a doctor but if you become a doctor that's your specialty in life and you are defined by it. One of the attractions of being a writer is that you're never a specialist. Your field is entirely open your field is the entire human condition.

The one thing I've learned is that stuttering in public is never as bad as I fear it will be.

I was kind of surprised to learn how controlling I am. I never thought of myself in that way. I think the root of the control issues is usually fear because you want to know what's going to be happening at any given moment.

The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always young readers will be the real losers.

I have a fear of poverty in old age. I have this vision of myself living in a skip and eating cat food. It's because I'm freelance and I've never had a proper job. I don't have a pension and my savings are dwindling. I always thought someone would just come along and look after me.

The fear of the never-ending onslaught of gizmos and gadgets is nothing new. The radio the telephone Facebook - each of these inventions changed the world. Each of them scared the heck out of an older generation. And each of them was invented by people who were in their 20s.