There's a difference between, you know, God loves unconditionally in my feeling and religion loves conditionally. Religion spends an awful lot of time dictating who God can love and can't love.

I don't agree with this romantic fantasy that people who suffer from depression are more likely to be artists. I find that I am more creative when I am happy actually.

Look at all our old men in pubs. Look at all our young people on drugs.

I suppose the danger when you have a job that involves writing is you can be a bit isolated.

It's OK to assert yourself. Obviously, as a woman, I do experience the consequence of asserting yourself - you're not supposed to assert yourself.

My story is the story of countless millions of children whose families and nations were torn apart for money in the name of Jesus Christ.

Suicide doesn't solve your problems. It only makes them infinitely, un-countably worse.