I wonder if anyone who needs a snappy song service can really appreciate the meaning of the cross.

The first step toward power is to accept reality

though excessive pride may seek for freedom, it may only see freedom in chains

Two days after my dad's funeral, my mom went on a mission. I never understood it until then--that sometimes a spy doesn't need a cover so much as she needs a shield.

There is only room in the lifeboat of your life for one, and you always choose yourself, and turn your parents into whatever it takes to keep you afloat.

I'm not going to sit at home and eat popcorn.

I go from a full working day to making sure I am home for dinner with my kids. I couldn't do that in a 10cm mini skirt but I am not going to resort to sweatpants and an old t-shirt.

I need a healthy injection of cynicism right now.

People who know me well, call me Elizabeth. I dislike Liz.

I don't have a directorial overview, which sometimes is very helpful.

You can't be a serious writer of fiction unless you believe the story you are telling.