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Forty is better than 30. I have a better understanding of who I am, what makes me tick, what's okay and not okay.

The lovely thing about being forty is that you can appreciate twenty-five-year-old men more.

Forty is the line of demarcation that says you're an adult now. You're an adult, so don't pretend you're a kid anymore.

Forty is when you actually begin even deserving to be on stage telling people what you think.

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.

I had always said to myself that forty was the cut off point of my apprenticeship which may for some people sound like a very long one, but the novel as art is a middle-aged art.

I love being in my 40s.

I think I've achieved a lot in 41 years. I like how 41 feels; I feel good. I don't like how it sounds too much.

Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.

I used to think 40 was old. Now I think, 'Hey, 40's hot!'