There’s no comparison. Veganism is the single most important thing that one can do today.

I always call Billy Elliot a fantasy autobiography because I never wanted to be a dancer, but I got a lot of stick from the other kids about wanting to be a writer and being interested in drama.

Culture is something that we all share and we are all the poorer for anyone excluded from it.

In a way, 'Billy Elliot' was autobiographical. I can't dance, but I think his dancing was me discovering about writing and literature.

From kings to groundlings, Shakespeare made his work profound for everybody. That is how it should be. There is no hierarchy in theatre. It makes everyone part of a collective.

The moment a woman was born determined so much of who she was allowed to become.

Whatever you do, let it be done with profound love.

We all have our demons, I just happen to exorcise mine by writing them out.

My question is, do you believe in an evil possessed of its own purity? or does every act intend some good?

Arnold Rampersad is a really good person. A really good person. As a matter of fact, he came to Stanford when I was Provost.

‎For Tempus...was a dozen storm gods' avatar; no army he sanctified could know defeat; no war he fought could not be won. Combat was life to him; he fought like the gods themselves.

I cannot imagine why we should be at the expense to furnish wit for succeeding ages, when the former have made no sort of provision for ours.

Anxiety is the illness of our age. We worry about ourselves, our family, our friends, our work, and our state of the world. If we allow worry to fill our hearts, sooner or later we will get sick.

Still the mind smiles at its own rebellions.

If it's a principle, it's a winner. If it's a tactic, it's a loser.