[M]ost people go through life a wee bit disappointed in themselves. I think we all keep a memory of a moment when we missed someone or something, when we could have gone down another path, a happier or better or just a different path. Just because they're in the past doesn't mean you can't treasure the possibilities ... maybe we put down a marker for another time. And now's the time. Now we can do whatever we want to do.

The dead hand has too long hampered the freedom of the living.

It might be tough, but my dad used to say, tough times don't last — tough people do.

I prefer the pen. There is something elemental about the glide and flow of nib and ink on paper.

Trust the story ... the storyteller may dissemble and deceive, the story can't: the story can only ever be itself.

There's a perception that British pies suffer from mediocrity, and historically they have. We're trying to re-educate people about what pie is.

On the clarity of your ideas depends the scope of your success in any endeavor.