It's not enough to vent about what you don't like on social media. I would ask everyone who can, men included, to get involved in an organisation actively working for gender equality.

Take on jobs, projects and challenges that frighten you. It's the best way to get rid of fear.

The system isn't working for most people and never has worked for most women.

We are all impacted by the failings of a news media that almost always chooses which stories to cover according to the priorities and perspectives of white men with private educations.

Writing a book is like running a marathon. You need to be fit to do it, mentally and, as far as possible, physically.

One of the reasons I'm able to write books and still carry on with other work is that I do my best writing between 5am and midday.

I wish I knew how to sleep late! I generally wake horribly early, often with a head full of thoughts and deadlines that propel me to my computer.

It is, after all, absurd that in 2017 women are still at best second-class citizens.

I've taken a certain a pride in all of my books. They devour so much time and energy that you have to engage deeply or you'd go mad.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

Playing Shakespeare is very tiring. You never get to sit down unless you're a king.

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

Megadeth is a legend, and I'm not gonna cheapen it like some of these bands that keep going long after they should.

A heavy burden lifted from my soul, I heard that love was out of my control.

And I think I often choose to do something because it's quite different from what I've done before.

As long as we're here, we are the occupying power. It's a very ugly word, but it's true.

I've always loved to prove people wrong. I want to be able to cross color lines, because in music, there really is no barrier.

Refrain from following the example of those whose craving is for attention, not their own improvement.

God wants us so badly that he has made the condition as simple as he possibly could: Only believe.