I enjoy learning about different periods and people, and then taking what's universal about the human condition and seeing where it matches up. No matter where you are, certain things unite everybody.

What I find so interesting about people is the choices they make, and how that effects their behavior, their sense of self and their relationships.

When your life is being threatened there's an instinctive urge to fight. You fight for the time you have, for your relationships.

I'm very hard on my bags because I tend to carry a lot of stuff with me.

Doing the right thing has power.

I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word.

I think the way we talk about cancer has really evolved. I remember the way my grandmother used to talk about it, like a death sentence, no-one would even mention the word.