Stereotypes have their roots in truth.

I think that teachers have the hardest job in the world, and they are the most unsung heroes so much of the time.

I think you have to have a personal connection, and that's what I am always looking to try to create: a personal way in to a story.

O God give us our daily bread.

The pleasures of writing correspond exactly to the pleasures of reading

There are so many successful women working in intelligence, but it's still seen as a male-dominated world.

Dogs are the closest we come to knowing the divine love of God on this side of eternity.

If you want to understand geology, study earthquakes. If you want to understand the economy, study the Depression.

I have struggled against tyranny. I didn't do that in order to substitute another.

I have supped mead with lords and ladies; so to have I slumbered in nameless lanes and gored upon mutton.

If atheism is a religion, then off is a TV channel and bald is a hair colour.

What our profession is all about is interacting with people.

I must endure & endure & still endure.