Misery is a river of tears that whispers my name in a constant hiss.

Imagined happiness is still happiness.

Vengeance would have us assault an enemy's pride to beat him down. But vengeance hides a dangerous truth, for a humbled foe gains patience, courage, strength, and greater determination.

Vengeance is a monster of appetite, forever bloodthirsty and never filled.

It isn’t always true that a critical end justifies desperate means.

I drifted off after a while, staring at the only star visible through the thick covering of leaves. Hope seemed a futile wish, but I troubled the lonely star to grant it anyway.

Was mutual need enough to risk trusting a calculated enemy in hopes of destroying a more powerful one?

Enemies may unite to eliminate a common threat, but never without a wary eye fixed on their ally.

Kindness is stronger than iron bars.

The innocent are guilty, the guilty are beyond hope, everything’s on its head, it’s a Twelfth Night of late-capitalist contradiction…

Prayer is not eloquence but earnestness not the definition of helplessness but the feeling of it not figures of speech but earnestness of soul.

It's quite nice to have something where you can be a bit naughty if you have a twinkle in your eye and you can get away with things a bit more and that's what 'The Choice' is about.

I was going to talk about Nicholas Parsons' ignorance, but 18 seconds would be a wholly insufficient time.

Music's cyclical. There's always that next generation that always comes along.

I'm always asked if the songs that I write are therapeutic, and my answer is a quick no. In fact, it could be argued that they exacerbate my neurosis.

The biggest liar in the world is the golfer who claims he plays the game for exercise.

Red meat is not really bad for a person. Now, blue-green meat - that's damaging of you!