You don't struggle with these questions?""No. But I've always thought my opinion was the right one. It's a small flaw I have.""An American flaw.

There is something about finding the balance to one's nature - perhaps a culture that flourishes is a culture that has found a similar balance among its people.

The impulse to touch her and all the life in her was something I had to check regularly.

Go. Go to your beautiful dances, your beautiful ceremonies. And we will bury our dead.

You don’t realise how language actually interferes with communication until you don’t have it, how it gets in the way like an overdominant sense.

Sometimes you just find a culture that breaks your heart, ” she said finally.

He smelled of cigarettes and whiskey, the smell of Cambridge and youth.

Surely it is more civilized to kill one man every few months, hold up his head for all to behold, say his name, and return home for a feast than to slaughter nameless millions.

My turn shall also come:I sense the spreading of a wing.

No, I don't tolerate pressure from anyone about anything.

The house, it's already been a-settin' here for a hundred years. It'll be right here tomorrow. It's today I must be livin'.

For me the visual is just as important as the music.

The most rewarding part of writing for TV is - a year ago I would have said it's just watching it on TV, it's just having been done with it and then collecting all that energy.

I want to drive! I love to drive! I drive at home in Barbados.

When I became vegan I thought I would have to deprive myself of certain sweets that I loved so much, like caramel and peanut butter cups, but on the contrary!

I miss driving to Goodison Park. I miss just the positive energy of the fans walking into the stadium and how much they care about that club and the team. And I miss the players a lot.

I would be humiliated if I found out that anything I did actually became a commercial success.

Profan'd the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line.