Swearing is industry language. For as long as we're alive it's not going to change. You've got to be boisterous to get results.

Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.

We like to think about how smart we are. But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in it's all there at least the basic elements of it. You can't change it any more than you can choose whether to be right handed or left handed.

You can change friends but not neighbours.

Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.

People got insights into what was bothering them but they hardly did a damn thing to change.

No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in clothing style. Rock is to dress up to.

There are many things we do not want about the world. Let us not just mourn them. Let us change them.

But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in it's all there at least the basic elements of it. You can't change it any more than you can choose whether to be right handed or left handed.

People are starting to go on about my weight but I'm not going to change my size because they don't like the way I look.