Grief is natural,' she said. 'Overcoming it is a matter of choice.

You used to be able to tell a person's nationality by the face. Immigration ended that. Next you discerned nationality via the footwear. Globalization ended that.

Pregnancy humbles husbands. After an initial rush of male pride they quickly recognise the minor role that nature had assigned them in the drama of reproduction.

our job was merely to create the noise that seemed to fascinate them.

Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind.

No matter how long your've been at it, you always start from scratch.

That's the way I will write characters, put a fair amount of myself in them, and then everyone else who was like that person, I will pick and choose.