"I have very strong theories about magazine publishing. And I think that it is the most personal form of journalism. And I think that a magazine is an old friend."

“Through the centuries, the history of peoples is but a lesson in mutual tolerance.”

“Poetry is often very critical of the culture from which it emerges. Quite often literary critics of a nationalist bent talk up the national culture, in a way that the literary texts don't. Poetry can bring out areas of denial and repression.”

Source : "The SRB Interview: Edna and Michael Longley". SRB interview, www.scottishreviewofbooks.org. October 19, 2009.

“I think that's just one type of leadership, which is the type I have: the need to find a new way and take responsibility for other people.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz

“I want to make the IKEA of clothes for fat girls and boys. Cheap, affordable, basic - but ethically made. Basics, you know? Like Spanx - I'm still confused as to why retailers haven't ripped them off yet and done it well. It's because they don't understand the basics behind it. I love Spanx. I'm wearing 'em right now!”

“The monster I kill every day is the monster of realism. The monster who attacks me every day is destruction. Out of the duel comes the transformation. I turn destruction into creation over and over again.”

“And If I fly or if I fall, at least I can say I gave it all.”

Source : Song: Sissy That Walk, Album: Born Naked

“Did you ever drink so much of a certain type of alcohol that you get so sick that you can never drink the same kind again ? I've decided that's how I'm going to quit drinking. One-at-a-time.”

“When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content.”