“You must hang onto the scraps of the bucking moment as if your sanity and life depended on it - because actually they do.”
“In the middle of a crazy and drunk life, you have to hang onto the good and sober moments tightly.”
“Few people, very few, have a treasure, and if you do you must hang onto it. You must not let yourself be waylaid, and have it taken from you.”
“Don't be ashamed of reliving your childhood, Ox, because all of us must do it now and then to maintain our sanity.”
“You must write, and read, as if your life depended on it.”
“I went to the school and put it to William, particularly, that if you find someone you love in life, you must hang onto it, and look after it, and if you were lucky enough to find someone who loved you, then you must protect it.”