They should be taking bonuses from bankers, not library books from schoolchildren. What kind of society are we building?

It is through our extended family that we first learn to compromise and come to an understanding that even if we don't always agree about things we can still love and look out for each other.

I always thought that bagels and lox was my soul food, but it turns out it's sushi.

Something I notice speaking to writers from south of Hadrians Wall is that the culture is different. At base, I think Scotland values its creative industries differently from England.

I jealously guard my research time and I love fully immersing myself in those dusty old books and papers. It's one of the most enjoyable parts of my job.

The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout.

I believe the era of the militant lady is back.

Without archives many stories of real people would be lost, and along with those stories, vital clues that allow us to reflect and interpret our lives today.

Research material can turn up anywhere - in a dusty old letter in an archive, a journal or some old photographs you find in a charity shop.

Writers of novels live in a strange world where what's made up is as important as what's real.

Books have a vital place in our culture. They are the source of ideas, of stories that engage and stretch the imagination and most importantly, inspire.

Non-duality has been the root of all religious movements on this planet.

I had lost my grandfather just a month-and-a-half before I made my debut. I was suddenly scoring runs and getting into the fray. It was a very trying period for me. I was happy as well as sad.

Perhaps enlightenment, technology and secularism haven't cleared Europe of the oldest science of all - the occult.

Sometimes I feel like I float in and out of different personalities.

I think all those people I did stories about measured their own success by the joy their work was giving them.

Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals.

At 28, you need recovery time after training.

Y’all dropped the ball and you should be shamed.

A negative is never finished.

Jazz is very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians playing Jazz music.