I can't change yesterday, but I can sure mess up today.

Love and Hate are two of the most used, abused, and misused words of mankind.

We have abolished the death penalty for humans, so why should it continue for animals?

If I didn't have so much of this life all wrong I would have gotten it right by now.

Sharp and mild, dull and keen, well known and strange, dirty and clean, where both the fool and wise are seen: All this am I, have ever been, - in me dove, snake and swine convene!

Capitalism, in its imperialist phase, is a system which considers war to be a legitimate instrument for settling international disputes, a legal method in fact, if not in law.

I wanted to create a more spontaneous outlet for my songwriting to have alongside the more long-winded process of making an album. I wanted to have some fun.

People in towns are always preoccupied. 'Have I missed the bus? Have I forgotten the potatoes? Can I get across the road?

If somebody don't like something that I do, that's his or her prerogative. Just like it's mine.

I don't talk about my books while I'm writing them: not even my husband knows what a novel's about until it's done.

Now if you are condemned to life on welfare, I'm not so sure that being in a bigger welfare village is that much better than being in a smaller welfare village.