I'm very aware we are the first generation ever to have such incredible opportunities to express ourselves publicly to a worldwide audience.

It is through our extended family that we first learn to compromise and come to an understanding that even if we don't always agree about things we can still love and look out for each other.

I always thought that bagels and lox was my soul food, but it turns out it's sushi.

Something I notice speaking to writers from south of Hadrians Wall is that the culture is different. At base, I think Scotland values its creative industries differently from England.

I jealously guard my research time and I love fully immersing myself in those dusty old books and papers. It's one of the most enjoyable parts of my job.

The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout.

I believe the era of the militant lady is back.

Without archives many stories of real people would be lost, and along with those stories, vital clues that allow us to reflect and interpret our lives today.

Research material can turn up anywhere - in a dusty old letter in an archive, a journal or some old photographs you find in a charity shop.

Writers of novels live in a strange world where what's made up is as important as what's real.

Books have a vital place in our culture. They are the source of ideas, of stories that engage and stretch the imagination and most importantly, inspire.

Taking in another’s criticism, even when it’s offered out of love, requires courage.

The wonder of the womb is the birth of a child.

I have always made it a point to know our employees, to visit every facility of our company, and to try to meet and know every single employee.

Manufacturers account for nearly 60 percent of all industrial research and development.

I want to eat good Italian food and get better at their language. It seems so romantic too.

I made a movie where I played a girl that just got out of prison and we shot it very very quickly but very intensely-that took me a long time to get over.

The Christian Church should not be a secret society of specialists, but a public manifestation of believers in Jesus.

Those people upstairs think that Karl Marx was somebody who wrote a good anti-trust law.

There is a majestic grandeur in tranquillity.