I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage

I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get a good start

I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens

But I will say that living in Ireland has changed the cadence and fullness of speech, since the Irish love words and use as many of them in a sentence as possible

Make no judgments where you have no compassion.

I think the Internet, particularly the availability of information, is great. I do a lot of correspondence on-line and have a chat line to talk to my fans as well

I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime

I think writers need windows on a view to remind them that a whole world is out there, not the minutiae with which they might be dealing on a close scale

How much can a dragon carry? As much as it thinks it can

What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food.

Living is struggling to do something impossible; To succeed or die, knowing that you had tried.

I create beautiful art, so I can look back on the life my body fell short of in such a way that it brings me peace.

You may have gathered that I am not the most cheerful of revellers - some characterise me as the death and soullessness of any party but it wasn't always so, believe me.

Come forward as servants of Islam, organise the people economically, socially, educationally and politically and I am sure that you will be a power that will be accepted by everybody.

French design hardly exists, except as artificial modernism.

I started rejecting the proper way to sing and I started singing.

There is something about TM. It is the only time I have that stillness... It gives me this peaceful feeling-I just love it so much.

He that calls a man ungrateful sums up all the veil that a man can be guilty of.

The best things are the most common.

You cannot add more minutes to the day, but you can utilize each one to the fullest.

I drive my own horses in a race. And I always have.