After university, I got a job sub-editing and for years I was a literary editor.

What I have always liked about Brighton is its impersonality. Since the 18th century, people have come, used the place and gone home again.

My favorite thing in the world is a quiz show, 'University Challenge,' so you can see what kind of sad person I am.

Texting is a fundamentally sneaky form of communication, which we should despise, but it is such a boon we don't care. We are all sneaks now.

Off with you! You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that!

God is a God of the present. God is always in the moment, be that moment hard or easy, joyful and painful.

I have no complaints except for the fact that I get very little time with my family. However, the happiness they feel every time they see me doing well compensates for everything.

I wasn't handed college or graduate school or anything else on a silver platter. I had to work very hard, but I did it because I wanted to. That's the real key to happiness. I think unhappy people are those who feel that circumstances are forcing them into a pattern. Happy people are not slaves to the system.