It's not that the grass is greener on the other side, it's that you can never be on both sides of the lawn at the same time.

You can't regret a whole period in your life. . . . It's part of who you are, one of your stories.

London on your own actually seems more exotic than Egypt on a tour.

It isn't such a bad thing to always know that someone on the other side of the world cares about you.

English is a beautiful language, a remarkably precise language with a million words to choose from to deliver your exact shade of meaning.

The fundamental condition of man is his verticality.

When I was 18, I couldn't wait to move away. I was like: 'If I ever have to come back here, I'll kill myself.' Glasgow seemed like failure and death to me back then, but not any more.

The only limits in our life are those we impose on ourselves." - Bob Proctor

Mothers are multi-taskers.

Grace is given of God but knowledge is bought in the market.

The clear and simple words of common usage are always better than those of erudition. The jargon of the philosophers not seldom conceals an absence of thought.

Onstage or in films, you do affect peoples' lives, and sometimes that's very gratifying. But still, there's this little voice that says you should be doing something that matters.

We have to adjust ourselves, and every radical adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem: we undergo a test, we have to prove ourselves.

Next time say my name. You'll come more

Thinking through how you find that intersection between individual, compelling human narratives and structural, systemic injustices - that's the place that's most interesting to me as a reporter.

Death is imposed only on creatures, not their creations, and has therefore always appeared in art in a broken form: as allegory.

Make your team feel respected, empowered and genuinely excited about the company's mission.