Wear your heart on your sleeve. Write about what you think and feel. And share it with your friends.

Walk free from the long shadows cast by small people.

What I am interested in, what I write and care about, exists in the slow lane, somewhere between hand-ploughed fields and a pint of real ale.

Eyesight can be so blinding. We need to look beyond the face of things.

There’s no such thing as writer’s block, so long as you’ve had plenty of time to think about what you want to write.

The process of creation begins way before one starts writing.

I needed some space to lay myself out, so that I could decide which pieces I wanted to pick up.

Imagination is the real magic that exists in this world. Look inwards, to see outwards. And capture it in writing.

A consultant: someone brought in to build a one-handled wheelbarrow.

Sentiments, as I have found, can be harvested from places where our memories are fondest.

If we have faith, then we can see the beauty around us. If we don’t then we are just blind followers, not knowing why we are on the path.

We are powerful beyond measure, and we must stand powerfully in the face of injustice and hate.United.

One of the most effective things you will ever do in life, whether you care to or not, is set an example.

One should not go into churches if one wants to breathe pure air.

Downstairs, Grandad's warning Barron about something. His voice swells, and I catch the words, "In my day we were feared. Now we're just afraid.

You in trouble?” Sam asks. The way he says it, I wonder if he’s thinking about how to get out of here if I am.

You canna expect to be baith grand and comfortable.

I would love to eat a really great burger, but it doesn't exist in our part of the world.

Some have little power to do good, and have likewise little strength to resist evil.

New York is a fun town to go out in. During my twenties and into my thirties I had a good time partying, yes. But nothing where I woke up and I thought that I had a problem.