My approach is that all policy ought to be evidence-based.

We all ought to be equal and not see discrimination based on gender, race, or sexual orientation.

Principles focusing on equality and fairness, those are principles that we can't let go of.

Jack Layton taught us to believe in a new approach to leadership.

I'm proud to be part of a generation that is looking ahead and wants to see a brighter future.

My goal is to become Canada's first multicultural prime minister and represent the changing face of Canada.

We're seeing that women continue to make less money, they continue to face violence.

What is common becomes sense, but what is sensible doesn't always become common.

Liverpool has always made me brave, choice-wise. It was never a city that criticised anyone for taking a chance.

Economy is half the battle in life, but it is not so hard to earn money as to spend it well. Hundreds would never have known want if they had not first known waste.

Of all the excellent copyedits I've received over the years, Marie-Lynn Hammond's was by far the best. Her work on Half Blood Blues was incredibly sensitive and astute.

While I did not fancy myself a particularly good person, I never thought my first real sexual action would be prostitutional.

That's part of fiction, creating a world better than the one you live in.

Jason scratched his head. "You named him Festus? You know that in Latin, ‘festus’ means ‘happy’? You want us to ride off to save the world on Happy the Dragon?

Soldier, rest! Thy warfare o'er, Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking, Dream of battled fields no more. Days of danger, nights of waking.

Ambition may be defined as the willingness to receive any number of hits on the nose.