Quotes about "Retirement & Later Life"

Coping with the demands of everyday life would be exceedingly trying if one could arrive at solutions to problems only by actually performing possible options and suffering the consequences. ”

The worst thing that can happen is if you're stuck within a bubble and you think that is what life is all about. It's great to see other people and hear from people of different ages and opinions. ”

I live many lives at once. ”

We've created an impression that life is risk-free, and it's not. ”

It's a novel experience to have one of my books read by a reading group. ”

I've never had much interest in spinoffery - the idea of writing in someone else's universe generally leaves me cold - but 'Doctor Who' is different. I've grown up with it. It's been part of my life since I was tiny, watching Jon Pertwee on a grainy black and white television in Cornwall and being terrified out of my mind. ”

As a science fiction writer, it's hard to think of a more stirring theme than the origin and ultimate destiny of life in the universe. ”

Jonathan Agnew is a good person to learn off because he's a brilliant broadcaster and the calmness and clarity with which he does things is a real skill. ”

When I watch Twenty20 cricket, there's a different satisfaction. That hundred you get in six hours is a very satisfying feeling. A real triumph of skill. I don't quite see that in the 20-over game - or the 100-ball game. ”

You're always under pressure, that's what life is about. That is what playing international cricket or being a professional sportsman is. ”