A lot of the names in Talon reference other people or events. For example Amelia, the giant Eagle, was a “tip of my hat” to the extraordinary aviator Amelia Earhart. Both love(d) to fly!

Even if only one person’s respect for animals increases, then writing Talon would have been worthwhile.

For books continue each other, in spite of our habit of judging them separately.

That boy is talented. You don’t develop those gifts in houses or in schools.

Going to Oxford didn't necessarily make a person clever.

There come times when we have to fight for peace.

When we pray to God with entire assurance, it is Himself who has given us the spirit of prayer.

Neither awake nor in a dark dream are perilous blades just as they seem.

I wanted the truth, and I wanted the news, and I'd be damned before I settled for anything less.

If a script is good, you are 10 steps into the part just reading it. But my choices are not all down to my taste. It is about people you have worked with before.

By the way, don’t breathe on the upholstery or I may have to gut you. (Nick)

Hopped up out the bed / Turn my swag on