It's not ok when around 1 million New Zealanders don't vote.

You don't have to be a rocket scientist to prove that cutting incomes to the poorest families will have a negative impact on kids. That is less money for the basics like food, health and clothes.

I've watched Jamie Oliver 's Food Revolution, he wants better school lunches for children in the US and UK. In NZ, we want Kiwi kids to have school lunches!

Our party supports decriminalisation of cannabis. It's not a priority for this election campaign but it has been a long-standing policy of ours.

If a dream stubbornly returns from seemingly weightless nights

No sooner is there a good thing in the world, than a division is necessary.

The pleasures of the rich are bought with the tears of the poor.

It takes a bee to get the honey out

I like to do things sort of intuitively, I think.

All good writers speak in honest voices and tell the truth.

WE MUST DEVISE A SYSTEM IN WHICH PEACE IS MORE REWARDING THAN WAR.

You musn’t be afraid of the dark.’ ‘I’m not,’ said Shadow. ‘I’m afraid of the people in the dark.

My dad is a good role model for me, and then I had a high school coach that really helped me out when I was struggling and made a big difference in my life.

Das Kapital, I think, is very difficult to read, and for me, it was not very influential.