"Wit and humor seem to always factor into this - there's a tongue-in-cheek tone you get when you take on a formalist story - because there's an inherent voice you're trying to copy (and often to satirize)."

“Sometimes the gift of an inquisitive nature to the young can be greater than that of the wisdom which comes of age.”

“The obligation to endure gives us the right to know.”

“Writing... is an act of faith: I believe it's also an act of hope, the hope that things can get better than they are.”

“If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are.”

“Molly works because, while Watson is ‘the audience’, Molly is every woman of a certain age sitting at home on the settee fantasizing about running their hands through Benedict Cumberbatch's hair. ...Also, I think most people have experienced the agony and the ignominy of unrequited love. I’ve never thought Molly was an idiot. She just really, really loves him.”

Source : "Louise Brealey: 'I don't think Molly is really Sherlock's type'". Interview With Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. January 21, 2012.

“There's an enormous difference between normative white masculinity and normative black masculinity.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

“It is possible that the next Buddha will not take the form of an individual. The next Buddha may take the form of a community -a community practicing understanding and loving kindness, a community practicing mindful living. This may be the most important thing we can do for the survival of the earth.”

“I guess I'm the most successful man I know. I wouldn't trade places with anybody in the world.”