I put that part of myself into both Brendan and Evelyn [from The Thorn and the Blossom] - as well as some of my own anxieties about the academic life!.

You can't always say what you'd like to say..

I fall in love with anything I do and I always try to do it well..

Well, my whole thing is that I'm kind of like a show-off!.

I just go with what excites me..

If I'd waited until I was well rested to read, I never would have read anything..

A friend is somebody who loves us with understanding, as well as emotion..

I think confidence comes from doing something well, working at it hard, and you build it up. It's not something you're born with. You have to build t….

It is one thing to be well-read on a subject; it is quite another to be part of the subject itself. It is an unfortunate fact that there are many ind….

Never underestimate the power of a well-placed apostrophe..

Finally there is nothing here for death to take away..

I've been very happy with all the teams I've played for. They all treated me very well..

Success is never deserved. Success is always earned..

I'm not a great beauty. That's not me..

To have what few have, do what few do..

Love can make us do dreadful things..

Find comfort in the knowledge that no imitator ever comes off as well as the original..

Especially learn how to see..

You know when I say that things happen in matches? Well, it just happened there..

Don't anoint me when you can anoint yourself..

Music has always been part of my life..