Oh, I always think everyone feels left out.

I have a study now - I used not to. I also love working in cafes; ignoring noise is good for concentration.

Remove all the traffic lights, yellow lines, one-way systems and road markings, and let blissful anarchy prevail. I imagine it would produce a kind of harmony.

I like to come into my workspace and feel its a living environment and not frozen, which is why I often change or add to the pictures on the wall.

If I think about the writers I love or might be influenced by, I can't write at all, so I pretend there aren't any.

I dont get distracted until the weight of other things left undone finally tips the balance; my mind is flooded with calls, bills, supermarkets, letters, and I have to stop and sort things out.

My father was a screenwriter, but he was also a novelist.

Horses know how to be loyal but still keep their distance.

When Im writing, I spend all my time in The Grocer on Elgin buying ready-made meals; I think they are the only reason my husband and kids havent left me.

When I was a child, I wanted to raise horses in Wyoming or be a cabin boy on a pirate ship.

Art is inspiring. Walking into a gallery, or when the lights go up on a stage; that thrill of getting something that has nothing to do with acquisition.

Thoughts, intentions or feelings cannotcomprehend God but they can see and acknowledge the works of God.

Lessons are learned through making mistakes, falling and rising.

Undoubtedly, at the moment, the major cause of CO2 emission is what happens in developed countries.

I'm a survivor, at least that's what everyone tells me.

I shoot fantasy. If you want reality, ride the bus

Each had his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart; and his friends could only read the title. - Virginia Woolf, from Jacob's Room Television is chewing gum for the eyes.

She liked him. She liked the feeling of liking him. She felt light and smiley and too full of excitement to think of anything else.

I read the Bible to myself; I'll take any translation, any edition, and read it aloud, just to hear the language, hear the rhythm, and remind myself how beautiful English is.

It's in your hands to make the world a better place.

I'm the same boy I used to be.