I think the media put more pressure on women, especially in regards to the way they look and how they're supposed to behave.

The more you learn, I think the more you realise who you are and what you want and what you believe and what you want to be and where you want to end up.

You can grow flowers from where dirt use to be.

I've been accused of deliberately hamming up my accent and dropping letters, but that's just how I speak - I used to be a chav.

Jealousy is not a nice feeling, I hate feeling jealous. But if you can admit it and laugh at yourself, then that's a good way of dealing with your feelings.

Just because you have political beliefs or feminist beliefs, you don't have to like everybody, you don't have to like everything.

People don't know how to deal with stress and depression, so they're nasty to other people because it makes them feel better about themselves.

The more you relate to something or somebody speaks to you, it means more. I think that putting yourself out there like heart-on-sleeve, is really important.

People are scared. People are generally xenophobic - they're scared of what's different. If you're ignorant as well as scared, then you might end up hating something that you're scared of.

I can watch a sunset on my own.

I love reading books, I love the way they feel and getting through it. It's like an event!

I ask myself: is every story that has ever been written in this world, a story of suffering and affliction?

Those lose least who have least to lose.

The ugliest spectacle is that of artists selling themselves. Art as a commodity is an ugly idea... The artist as businessman is uglier than the businessman as artist.

Besides, secretly, without knowing it herself, she had been waiting for a Beast to go to.

The highest reach of a news-writer is an empty Reasoning on Policy, and vain Conjectures on the public Management.

It takes me a long time to make a big purchase...

I have a love factor with the minorities.

I love the idea of making records that people can use, records that have a sense of utility.

Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid of what isn't.

Nothing is wrong - whatever is happening is just "real life."