Part of my dogsbody job during the 1983 election was choosing Mum's missile-proof clothes. They had to be disposable.

Being the only girl in the world who can say that her mother was Britain's first woman Prime Minister is honour enough for me.

Reality hasn't really intervened in my mother's life since the seventies.

Dogs are more loyal. Cats are fickle.

The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

I go back for seconds and thirds and fourths and fifths, when it’s good. Just not if it means some guy gets to put a leash on me.

I'm more of an empiricist. I'm focused on right or wrong, as opposed to left or right.

I think we all know that quarterbacks, kickers, specialists have certain preferences on footballs. They know a lot more about it than I do. They're a lot more sensitive to it than I am.

Before I go out on the field every day, I tell myself, 'You are having fun, and you want to set a good example to those who are watching.

As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.

Men want the same thing from their underwear that they want from women: a little bit of support, and a little bit of freedom.

Sometimes I like to get drunk and buy things on the internet, and then I wake up the next day and find 'em on my doorstep, and it's like Christmas. I get excited.

Anyone can believe when God is already moving. But real faith is when you step out when it seems that God is not moving.

The most available example of how poetry works for a poet is yourself, and yet you'll probably be the last one to know exactly how you're serving the art and how the art is serving you.