A lifetime’s work, to try and say one thing that’s true.

Looking back, I spent a lot of time sitting in pubs when I should have been perfecting my playwriting.

If you can write a character who is attractive but morally reprehensible, then you've got a character. It's got to feel like people I know and it doesn't just become a bag of tricks.

I'm English and love England. Whenever I'm there, I'm always seeing the present but feeling its past.

I love Stewart Lee's 'Comedy Vehicle' on BBC2. The guy is a genius.

Rituals are missing nowadays

I'll never get to hear her say, 'I love you, Mommy, ' like other parents take for granted.

When we preach gospel of miracles instead of gospel of the kingdom, we are subverting gospel of the kingdom.

Still, waking up this early was just wrong. “Why can’t people be reasonable and only die after eleven A.M.?” I whined.

When matter stops, self-consciousness stops.

If you want to become fully mature in the Lord, you must learn to love truth. Otherwise, you will always leave open a door of deception for the enemy to take what is meant to be yours.

I’ve always thought you are what you are and you shouldn’t pretend to be anyone else. But Oliver used to correct me and explain that you are whoever it is you’re pretending to be.

That's the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.

A miracle happened: another day of life.

Writing is something that I practice at every day to get better at.