"Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter."

"Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb."

"A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings."

"When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more novels under my belt."

"It was like in Samoa when they'd put up a movie screen on the beach and show movies and the locals would run behind the sheet to see where the people went. It was pretty grim."

"You can muck around with different guitars for certain bits, but you have to have your own sound. That's your benchmark, that's your sound. I also play a Black Beauty. It sounds amazing."

"The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener."