We lived in Northern Quebec, and the nearest school was thirty miles away, so my mother took on the task of home schooling me. She spoke to some friends, received some instructions from the provincial school board, and found some interesting books th...
When I was growing up, Belfast City Hall was surrounded by security, and we had no access to it. But now, people come in and out of it all the time. On a nice day, office workers and students sit on the lawn outside and have lunch. It's great to see ...
There is the myth that writing books for children is easier than writing books for grownups, whereas we know that truly great books for children are works of genius, whether it's 'Alice in Wonderland' or the 'Gruffalo' or 'Northern Lights.' When it's...
A common misperception of me is... that I am a tough, rough northerner, which I suppose I am really. But I'm pretty mild-mannered most of the time. It's the parts that you play I guess. I don't mind it. I'm not a tough guy. I'd like to act as a fair,...
How can I intimidate Tiger Woods? I mean, the guy's got 75 or whatever PGA Tour wins, 14 majors. He's been the biggest thing ever in our sport. How could some little 23-year-old from Northern Ireland with a few wins come up and intimidate him.
At the outset of the creation of the euro in 1999, it was expected that the southern eurozone economies would behave like those in the north; the Italians would behave like Germans. They didn't. Instead, northern Europe fell into subsidizing southern...
The northern part of Sweden is considered more isolated, not so sociable, not so educated, more unemployment, very working-class, and people drink more than rest of Sweden; that's the kind of area I'm from.
The northern nations who burst the barriers of the Roman Empire and spread themselves over the most flourishing countries of Europe soon became sensible of the advantages and pleasures of civilization. They adopted the improvements and, in some insta...
I’m a Texas girl, with a California soul.
I don't think the state of California realized there would be this many people here caught up in the freeway system.
California is responsible for selling, trading and distributing large amounts of shark fins that come from all over the world.
Twice the Republicans in the California legislature tried to block my seating because of my trips to Hanoi.
On 'Justified', we're driving all around Southern California trying to find a location that we can call Kentucky.
Unfortunately...I missed out on the California Gold Rush a century before...I'll be dammed if I miss out on this one.
Whenever I get a free day, I drive up to some part of California that looks promising on the map.
this one-way rocket to Death in Adulthood" "Normal Time" in New California Writing
I'm a California girl, right? I grew up with that farm-to-table dining before it was sweeping the nation.
I have a house here in California and come back every month and a half to see my kids. And they come to New York.
Even though I grew up surfing and sailing in Southern California, I was born horse crazy.
My family didn't have any money growing up. I'm just a girl from the ghetto; from Indio, California.
Well, California used to be in the dream-making business, and unfortunately what's happened I think we're now in the dream-breaking business.
