A pen that has clocked up a million words, a lifetime’s memories, is worth more than the centrepiece in a jeweller’s window.

Walk free from the long shadows cast by small people.

What I am interested in, what I write and care about, exists in the slow lane, somewhere between hand-ploughed fields and a pint of real ale.

Eyesight can be so blinding. We need to look beyond the face of things.

There’s no such thing as writer’s block, so long as you’ve had plenty of time to think about what you want to write.

The process of creation begins way before one starts writing.

I needed some space to lay myself out, so that I could decide which pieces I wanted to pick up.

Imagination is the real magic that exists in this world. Look inwards, to see outwards. And capture it in writing.

A consultant: someone brought in to build a one-handled wheelbarrow.

Sentiments, as I have found, can be harvested from places where our memories are fondest.

If we have faith, then we can see the beauty around us. If we don’t then we are just blind followers, not knowing why we are on the path.

His lips press into mine in a kiss meant to make the world fade away.And it delivers.

As an actor, you want a director who makes you feel comfortable in a place that you can really create and try a lot of different things.

Employ every economy consistent with thoroughness, accuracy and reliability.

Let's get one thing straight: there's no such thing as the Bristol sound.

...and deliver me from evil." "Amen.

When someone entrusts their heart to you they are giving you a piece of their soul. You cannot treat the soul casually. You must protect, nurture and handle it with care.

He wasn't just masculine and sexual, he was carnal in a set-your-teeth-on-edge kind of way; he was almost frightning.

There are no rules when it comes to makeup!

Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented.

I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness, And from that full meridian of my glory I haste now to my setting.