I watched a lot of movies when I was younger and I remember, when I was seven years old, I asked my parents if I could have an agent for Christmas.
Few things sound so beautiful as the poetic accent of a Welsh woman.
God was created by evolution, inside the imagination of a primate.
The sun is our father, the earth is our mother. And God is a myth destroying our family.
Nonbelievers are not anti-religious, they are anti-fraud and anti-deception.
It's hogwash to say drunkenness is no excuse for crime. . . Wherever mind altering drugs are on sale to the public, we should expect mind altered behaviour from the public.
You can split atoms, but you can't split true love.
Primates stand at a turning point in the course of evolution. Primates are to the biologist what viruses are to the biochemist. They can be analysed and partly understood according to the rules of a simpler discipline, but they also present another level of complexity: viruses are living chemicals, and primates are animals who love and hate and think.
And, by the way, I adore you. . . . in frightening, dangerous ways.
My advice to young writers would be to write every day, even if it is only a few words. Get yourself on the habit of writing and it will become a lifelong one. And find a place to write where you are physically comfortable. You can't concentrate if you aren't. Ernest Hemingway could only write standing up, and Truman Capote could only write lying down!
Not many people can boast a photo of their grandmother posing for kiddiporn.