But when people are angry, they tend to say things they do not mean... Anger is a very powerful feeling.

Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.

I chart a little first-list of names, rough synopsis of chapters, and so on. But one daren't overplan; so many things are generated by the sheer act of writing.

I'd Rather Be an Old Man's Sweetheart (Than a Young Man's Fool).

You've got to audition! It's tough out there, no matter how well-known you are.

My parents always went to rallies and demonstrated against certain things; my generation, we often have a political conscience, but we're not that involved.

Every law is a contract between the king and the people and therefore to be kept.

Poverty didn't necessarily engender an envy of wealth; sometimes it might beget a passion for decency.

Every thought of God is prayer.

If he [Toshack] thinks there is lots of young Welsh talent coming through, then good luck to him.

I suppose, yes, I've been guilty of provocation but it's also just common sense marketing - put a bottle of scent in a woman's cleavage, or between her thighs - and men will notice.