There was a distinction between lying and telling half-truths, but it was a very narrow one.

One of the most destructive things that's happening in modern society is that we are losing our sense of the bonds that bind people together - which can lead to nightmares of social collapse.

I have three older sisters, so we were a reasonably large family and, in general, a happy one.

Who can't like pigs? They're wonderful creatures! I've always liked pigs.

Well, Id say all of us are a combination of moods and emotions. In my day to day life I dont go around skipping, but at times one can feel sheer exhilarating joy at the world.

A life without stories would be no life at all. And stories bound us, did they not, one to another, the living to the dead, people to animals, people to the land?

Oh I love gadgets and I pride myself on keeping at the cutting edge of technology.