Lindsay Doran goes round the table and introduces everyone - making it clear that I am present in the capacity of writer rather than actress, therefore no one has to be too nice to me.

Its unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn't have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They're kinder.

Being disabled should not mean being disqualified from having access to every aspect of life.

I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them.

I hate the way market forces try to separate us out in to the appropriate demographic - basically in order to sell us things. We need to find stories that we can enjoy together, not separately.

Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.

I was brought up by very witty people who were dealing with quite difficult things: disease and death... I was brought up by people who tended to giggle at funerals.

Maybe I don't take myself so seriously any more. And I don't care how I'm judged. I'm past all that.

You can't imagine what satisfaction can be gotten from throwing a pie into someone's face.

When husbands and fathers leave, their wives and daughters tend to value themselves less as a result.

During an election, it's like they're doing my job: they're going around banging the drum for their party and selling their movie. You know, it's the same thing.

You choose who gets your attention, and you don’t have to give it to anyone who makes you feel like crap. Period.

I am not a person of the left. But one of the things, the central idea of democracy is that you have a bigger investment in the system as a whole than you do in any particular outcome.

God is a sound people make when they're too tired to think anymore.

To be successful, you can't just run on the fast track; run on your track.

There ain't a wrong time or a wrong place to flaunt. If you feel good, then go on and show it off!

In this world, you've a soul for a compass and a heart for a pair of wings.

The acting life is different than I thought it would be. I love it - it's actually a lot less pressure than I thought it would be.

Out of grad school, I worked as a tech writer for a while before going into computer coding for a living.

I'm always talking about loving yourself and expressing yourself and learning how to love yourself. I'm still the same.

In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge.