The IRA sending a message of sympathy to America is like Jack the Ripper giving us a lesson in the sanctity of human life.

If there is writing on Hadrian's Wall, it reads that the English should leave Scotland to its own devices.

Political genius consists in identifying oneself with a principle.

In England, even the poorest of people believe that they have rights; that is very different from what satisfies the poor in other lands.

Those Victorians: endlessly fascinating, broad in their learning, heroic in their achievements, in parts completely mad.

The more a climate can be created in which neither the English nor the Scots are given cause to resent each other, the better.

Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.

Writing is not always a writer's playtime. It's actually a work in progress. Few understand this and mistakenly believe we're wasting time. But it's never a waste of time when doing what you love.

When you're strong physically, it improves your strength in every other facet of your life. You're more confident, your self-esteem is higher, and your self image is better.

Some people are willing to pay the price and it's the same with staying healthy or eating healthy. There's some discipline involved. There's some sacrifices.

Watching your husband become a father is really sexy and wonderful.

Everybody in politics lies, but they do it with such ease, it's troubling.

Monks transgress the Laws of the Buddha, stir up the common people, store wealth and weapons, and spread rumors; under the guise of religion, they are nothing more than self-serving agitators.

If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.

As much as I can give of myself I give of myself. There's no reason why not. And when I have to hide something, I let the character speak.

If we are crazy, then it is because we refuse to be crazy in the same way that the world has gone crazy.