Capitalist production therefore develops technology and the combining together of various processes into a social whole only by sapping the original sources of all wealth - the soil and the labourer.

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them the teacher is the most important.

I don't really distinguish between sympathy and honesty when I'm writing. The two go together - I'm interested in inhabiting my characters seeing the world through their eyes.

Interest does not tie nations together it sometimes separates them. But sympathy and understanding does unite them.

The key to sitcom success is miserable people. If you see a happy couple it's just gone like when Sam and Diane got together on Cheers.

Writers as they gain success feel like outsiders because writers don't come together in real groups.

I was trying to uphold what I thought feminism was as best I could by supporting women by trying to create an opportunity to get women to get together play music together and celebrate the fact that we are having great success making music on our own and together.

Yeah ideally I'd probably wish to be more anonymous. But scrutiny and success go together. And I want to be successful.

The success of the Rat Pack or the Clan was due to the camaraderie the three guys who work together and kid each other and love each other.

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world but if they don't play together the club won't be worth a dime.