Florida was a living tomb, she used to tell anyone who'd listen, an old-age home in the shape of a state, God's little waiting room, as she was fond of quoting.

I've always been hopelessly stuck in the present.

October was always the least dependable of months ... full of ghosts and shadows.

The sad truth is that truth is almost irrelevant in a court of law.

Perfect happiness is knowing that everyone I love is healthy, safe, and content.

No matter how grim things may seem, they always get better.

Give a hundred writers the same idea and you'll get a hundred different stories.

I'm very happy being me, although sometimes I'd love to be a bird so that I could fly.

To be honest the future of The Life of One Kid... won't go very far... but I won't only put books/films.... and so on and so on... and some short stories I am going to put... from my darkness.

The locus of the human mystery is perception of this world. From it proceeds every thought, every art.

If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.

I like taking a character at the most intense moments of their lives and exploring all that in full and then moving on.

Football management is such a pressurized thing - horse racing is a release. I'm also learning to play the piano - I'm quite determined - it's another release from the pressure of my job.

It's not as if I can just pop on my show and be rude if I've had a hard day.

Justice is restoring order, not furthering chaos.

The first thing a hurdler learns is how to fall.

If I had to do it all over again, I would do it all over again.

If I was a part of secret ninja group my power would be the power of apology. I would just apologize emphatically and freely. And my mech might just be a phone to send apologetic emails from.