The process of re-writing and writing and re-writing means that you may have a brilliant phrase, but over time it distills and distorts and changes.

I think the great thing about theatre, and if you start in theatre, is that it does build a confidence in poetic themes and ideas.

Most of screenplay writing is deciding which voices you want to listen to and take on board.

I think age is really changing how I write and the themes that I connect with. But there are also things I'm really intrigued about.

I find it fascinating to see other people's photos on social media but I don't upload pictures myself. I don't even know how to. I'm completely digital-phobic.

When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.

I grew up in the limelight and being the child of someone famous. So my relationship with fame is not bedazzled.

The way that these girls keep themselves skinny is awful, isn't it? By vomiting or using hard drugs - which I can't afford.

A dictionary is merely the universe arranged in alphabetical order.

People have fought in vain about the names and lives of their saviors, and have named their religions after the name of their savior, instead of uniting with each other in the truth that is taught.

Time management is only a set of skills and tools to help us more efficiently control the eventsour our lives.

If we were to imagine an orange on the blue side or green on the red side or violet on the yellow side, it would give us the same impression as a north wind coming from the southwest.

To punish is the most difficult thing there is. A society such as ours needs to question every aspect of punishment as it is practiced everywhere: in the army, the schools, the factories.

The rise of Trump is a repudiation of 30 years of bipartisan treason and failure.

A life without LOVE isn’t a life.