Time seemed to suspend itself, or cease altogether. Place faded away. There was only her self, the centre that endured through all times, all events, from the world, from its pain. Timeless, eternal.

About the time you might start to think that science fiction - the real stuff, not the species of fantasy that goes under the name - is really dead, along comes a story by Cory Doctorow.

I was grateful to Ben the way you are grateful to someone who is unexpectedly kind.

No matter what we have heard or read about a country, it is our own feeling that counts.

Ahh the 90's I hated ye when I was in it, but I love it now that it's gone...

love is always moving towards you

All martial art is simply an honest expression of one's body — with a lot of deception in between.

I generally deal with something happening.

Growing older is not such a big deal for me, despite the fears that older actresses have in Hollywood. When I hit 40, for example, I didn't feel 40 - or whatever that is supposed to feel like.

We should be able to deliver bottled hot water to dehydrated babies.

Moving on doesn't mean forgetting.

First you imitate, then you innovate.