Secrets are lies by another name.

Stories make you think and dream; books make you want to ask questions.

Read a lot - poems, prose, stories, newspapers, anything. Read books and poems that you think you will like and some that you think might not be for you. You might be surprised.

There's a nobility in his eye, a regal serenity about him. Does he not personify all that men try to be and never can be?

It's the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom.

Don't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life.

Always write your ideas down however silly or trivial they might seem. Keep a notebook with you at all times.

Animals are sentient, intelligent, perceptive, funny and entertaining. We owe them a duty of care as we do to children.

Live an interesting life. Meet people. Read a lot and widely, learn from the great writers

Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth.

Being his real brother I could feel I live in his shadows, but I never have and I do not now. I live in his glow.

All things are possible if you believe...

You showed me that even the smallest of people can have the loudest of words.” (Rachael Taylor, 2018).

If you own a home with wheels on it and several cars without, you just might be a redneck.

Music is what I must do, business is what I need to do and politics is what I have to do

For the company of the great is good company as Shakespeare understood it, as Plutarch understood it. The past remains the source from which example and precept can still be drawn.

I kick kittens. I made rude gestures at nuns.

For once in your life, here's your miracle, stand up and fight.

God has a thousand names, or rather He is Nameless.

He [Stuart Immonen] and I have known each other over email for 18, 19 years or something, so to finally work with him is like kissing the girl that you always wanted to kiss.

We can't see and we can't reach the frontiers of our ignorance; we can only approach to it by extending our knowledge.