I'm lucky because the strongest emotion I have ever felt is being in love, and that definitely informs my writing.

I'm easy to work with, not a pushover, but I respond to criticism and find it inspiring.

And roast beef and Yorkshire pudding is my personal signature dish.

No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even if the thing they are waiting for is only a taxi.

You didn't wake up, your dreams just changed gear.

The Germans are a cruel race. Their operas last for six hours and they have no word for fluffy.

The appropriation of radical thinking by lazy, self-obsessed hippies is a public relations disaster that could cost the earth.

People who get through life dependent on other people's possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count.

We've all got to look at ourselves, start with yourself, that's all you can do. I believe that we can act responsibly as a group, it's just that there are vested interests telling us not to bother.

Leaders should never, ever try to look cool - that's for dictators

If only the strength of the love that people feel when it is reciprocated could be as intense and obsessive as the love we feel when it is not; then marriages would be truly made in heaven.

When I see you smile, I feel a volcano of lovely eruptions happening within my heart!

One of the by-products of being allowed to start my professional career prematurely is that the evolution of my work is really evident.

Positive thinking is a habit, like everything else, you get better at it with time.

I think we should be honest about who is working in our kitchens.

I grew up around hip-hop so I didn't think it was about being cool or being black or being white or whatever.

Our prayers may be an index of how small and self-centered our world is.

We should never intentionally offend, but if you follow Jesus, you will offend religious people.

It's a waste of time for people to say things they think other people want to hear, or try and come off in a certain way. I try to be as honest as I can.

Fear may fill our world, but it doesn’t have to fill our hearts.

A Judge must bear in mind that when he tries a case he is himself on trial.