“Be good. Do something good.”

“Who me? God, no, I'm terrible . . . " Then, just as an experiment, I say, "And, besides, I don't think I'm good-looking enough to be an actor." Oh, that's not true! There are lots of actors who aren't good-looking . . .”

“For Stephen, London was less a city that never slept, more a city that got a good nine hours.”

“She shouldn't speak her thoughts; nothing good ever came of speaking your thoughts.”

“Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you.”

“I want my best friend back, she thinks, because without him nothing is good and nothing is right.”

“You start out wanting to change the world through language, and end up thinking it's enough to tell a few good jokes.”