Poor Wales. So far from Heaven, so close to England.

Men are born to sin…What does matter most, is not that we err, it is that we do benefit from our mistakes, that we are capable of sincere repentance, of genuine contrition.

Autumn that year painted the countryside in vivid shades of scarlet, saffron and russet, and the days were clear and crisp under harvest skies.

We tend to forget at times that it is the little ones, the children, who do suffer the greatest hurt. If we cannot comprehend why certain sorrows are visited upon us, how on earth can they?

I inhale hope with every breath I take.

…she remembered watching a summer sunset from this very spot. Not so long ago; just a lifetime.

...A scar signifies past pain, a wound that did not heal as it ought. But it testifies, too, to survival...(Here be Dragons)

Why is it honesty when a man speaks his mind and madness when a woman does?

When does he ever think?" Richard straddled a chair and accepted a wind cup from Raoul. "If he were to sell his brain, he could claim it had never been used.", Chapter 7

During the day, memories could be held at bay, but at night, dreams became the devil's own accomplices.

Forget the threat of Hell's infernal flames. The true torture would condemn a man to wait and wait and wait - for an eternity

An inventor is he whose thoughts and imagination become things of reality by creative action.

I'd like a relationship that was like two tree trunks side by side, strong but independent.

It might not look it but rocking in a corset is harder than you think

Hitch your unconscious mind to your writing arm.

When I think of the people I've worked with, all of them have great passion, and the passion is what keeps people inspired.

I loved Gore Vidal's Burr. That book gave me courage.

We don't know if capital punishment is a deterrent, but we know that men we execute will not murder again.

When we really see other people as they are without taking it personally, we can never be hurt by what they say or do.

We all have these notions of cool that come about at different points in our lives, and it's interesting in how it evolves or doesn't evolve in different people.

Performing music is a way to do comedy, but without the obligation to do a solid hour, hour and half of a standup. I could intersperse it with music, so it became a really good format for me.