How do you invent a religion?” Evie asked. Will looked over the top of his spectacles. “You say, ‘God told me the following,’ and then wait for people to sign up.

You are unique, and this is a beautiful, beautiful thing, grasshopper.

People aren't always what you want them to be

And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.

Free the snow globes!

It's always darkest before the ultimate sparkle.

Board the cows! We've come to enslave your marigolds.

All things are possible.

I've had so many bikini waxes, I cry every time I see a Popsicle stick.

I'm sorry, Gemma. But we can't live in the light all of the time. You have to take whatever light you can hold into the dark with you.

It is a giggle full of high spirits and merry mischief, proof that we never lose our girlish selves, no matter what sort of women we become.

Opportunity and risk come in pairs

It's more useful to have someone fear you than respect you.

When I was at drama school I wanted to do classical theatre. It just so happened that I did a film when I came out and I moved that way.

In America, dogs are viewed by their names first, breed second. And dogs live behind walls. It's an unnatural point of view.

I went on television and I wouldn't say a word; I feel so stupid when I watch them again.

A pedestrian is a man in danger of his life. A walker is a man in possession of his soul.

I think striking the right tone for your story is, if you like, the alchemical work of writing.

Most of what you see in architecture are watered-down ideas of sculptors who have come before.

It's not the side of the bigger army that wins. It's the country that tells a better story.

My father-he pretty much taught me everything I know. He still pushes me to be the best I can.