Good writing is difficult no matter what the reader's age-and children deserve the best.

We find our power in the same place as our pain.

We can never know truth, but some stories are better than others.

You don't think any job's a job unless it's your job.

Memoir implies the need to reveal something about yourself - to recount your life for educational purposes.

The Evangelical party in the Church of Scotland will lay all flat if they be not prevented.

Inquisitive people aren't really very attractive, are they?

The Democrats and Republicans are the same guy admiring themself in the mirror.

Find happiness in making others happy.

The Universe has a plan to make sure we don't ever stop learning, not only in our minds, but also in our hearts.

Martin Sheen was extraordinary. He's a very gifted man.

And if you do all you can, that's all you can ever do.

In our benighted age, when films about amusement park rides and electronic fidgets scoop the honours, perhaps Hollywood redux is the best we can hope for.