I want there to be another independence referendum at some stage. I want Scotland to be independent, but I wouldn't choose to have it happen because England votes to come out of the E.U.

I hope Donald Trump doesn't become president of the United States and I expect the people of the United States will have the good sense not to elect him.

I should say that being independent in the modern model means independent in a very interdependent world. An independent Scotland is not apart from the rest of the United Kingdom.

Scotland's voice has to be heard

I think it is disgraceful. I think it is completely disgusting that you've got a candidate for prime minster who seems to think that human beings are bargaining chips.

So after a lovely family Xmas day, this 80s teen is off to bed feeling a bit sad, but listening to this masterpiece [George Michael: I can't make you love me].

This is just too awful. Such an amazing talent [like George Michael] gone too soon. Wham was part of the soundtrack to my teenage years.

Sad to hear that George Michael has died.He was an exceptional artist and a strong supporter of LGBT and workers' rights.

Equality and prosperity shouldn't be seen as enemies of each other, but as partners. One reinforces the other.

True gender equality in Scotland - and elsewhere - is still some way off.

My pledge to you is that the SNP will put women and gender equality right at the heart of the Westminster agenda.

You have neither the clout nor the experience to make a threat like that, Victor.

Humility is throwing oneself away in complete concentration on something or someone else.

butterflies were wind energy made visible.

I was so moved by the intelligence,sense of fun and personalities of the animals I worked with on Babe that by the end of the film I was a vegetarian.

To many people, dramatic criticism must seem like an attempt to tattoo soap bubbles.

What sells a book sells a book, same in traditional or self-publishing . You gotta shake your tail feathers.

I enjoy hunting, but if I had my choice to go deer hunting or bass fishing, I'd take bass fishing any day of the week. I enjoy both of them, but yeah, I'm a very outdoorsy guy.

We grow when the walls press in. We grow when life steals our control. We grow in the darkness.

How deluded we sometimes are by the clear notions we get out of books. They make us think that we really understand things of which we have no practical knowledge at all.

You can't crush ideas by suppressing them. You can only crush them by ignoring them.