I don't know if I have any particular views about women in positions of power, though I do think it's more difficult for women, particularly in a Medieval setting. They have the additional problem that they're a woman and people don't want them in a ...
I suppose 'My Hollywood' is only as politically meaningful as it is deeply inside the least powerful of its characters. I wanted it to reveal scenes of subtle exploitation, odd instances of accidental power and challenges to decency specific to its t...
From the 1920s into the 1940s, Britain's standard of living was supported by oil from Iran. British cars, trucks, and buses ran on cheap Iranian oil. Factories throughout Britain were fueled by oil from Iran. The Royal Navy, which projected British p...
There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to ...
What I quickly discovered is that our so-called new South Africa has as much material for a story-teller as the old one. The landscape hasn't really changed. Who is in power now is different to who was in power then, but the squatter camps grow like ...
Cities offer us powerful leverage on our most stubborn, wasteful practices. Long commutes in our cars, big power bills from our energy-hogging buildings, shopping trips to buy stuff that'll spend a few short months in our homes and long centuries in ...
But there was a difference between being stuck and choosing to stay. Between being found and finding yourself.
I was raised feral, and I mostly stayed that way.
the church should just stay out of people's pants.
People get devalued in Hollywood when they age, despite all their efforts to stay relevant and beautiful and young. They can't get jobs anymore.
I tend to stay up late, not because I'm partying but because it's the only time of the day when I'm alone and don't have to be performing.
Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.
Every fiction has its base in fact.
It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.
Are you going to give me a reason to stay?
Gold don't come off. What's good stays good no matter how much of a beating it takes.
Stay with me always, my sweet, my love . . . my Claire.
What is this place?" "Nothing at all. Everywhere there is. Both at once?" Wereberry offered.
That's it...I'm completely giving up on boys and concentrating on staying alive.
The only thing that stays the same is change.
The trouble with entering the upper echelon is you have to work harder to stay there.
