For me, not knowing your theme until your finished is like using a scalpel to turn a kangaroo into Miss Universe – there will be a lot of deep cuts, and there’s a high chance it won’t work.

Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind.

Caring, whether for children or the dying, shouldn't be instrumental. It should be an intrinsic, moral good.

My hope and treasure lies above

We have to transform our energy system.

Reflect upon your present blessings

The problem with every story is you tell it after the fact.

Wild men, screaming through the keyholes.

Your soul will be dead even before your body: fear nothing further.

Being adequately informed is a democratic duty, just as the vote is a democratic right. A misinformed electorate, voting without knowledge, is not a true democracy.

He pulls the hood over my head. I try to pull back. I'm not trying to run away. I just want to see her... One last time.

If I didn't want to work for a couple of years I wouldn't have to - it's a great feeling, to know I'm doing it because I want to do it.