I'd have to struggle to find a subject in which I can't get some kind of interested pulse started.

Marriage is the gold standard of all relationships. It's the currency by which everything is valued.

Should; shouldn't; ought; oughtn't—the enemies of contentment.

Writers have opinions - that, in part, is why they write. Therefore they have strong likes and dislikes.

Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.

For a startling period of my life, I reported the Troubles in Ireland for the BBC. I lived in Dublin and was called out to all sorts of incidents that, if taken together, add up to a war - bombings, assassinations, riots, shootings, robberies, jailbreaks, kidnappings, and sieges.

Do you know what the difference is between Friendship and Love? Friendship is the photograph, Love is the oil painting.