The dead hand has too long hampered the freedom of the living..

The wide world was changing, and she wanted a different place in it. Not just wanted, but felt she deserved. If the world didn't owe her a living, as….

I prefer the pen. There is something elemental about the glide and flow of nib and ink on paper..

It might be tough, but my dad used to say, tough times don't last — tough people do..

When we're in the story, when we're part of it, we can't know the outcome. It's only later that we think we can see what the story was. But do we eve….

No one can say I didn't pay my dues in life..

On the clarity of your ideas depends the scope of your success in any endeavor..

[M]ost people go through life a wee bit disappointed in themselves. I think we all keep a memory of a moment when we missed someone or something, whe….

Our ability to look back on the past, our need or desire to make sense of it, is both a blessing and a curse; and our inability to see into the futur….

There is something hugely civilised about allowing long pauses in a conversation. Very few people can stand that kind of silence..

There's a perception that British pies suffer from mediocrity, and historically they have. We're trying to re-educate people about what pie is..

Trust the story ... the storyteller may dissemble and deceive, the story can't: the story can only ever be itself..