Quotes About Author

People keep saying, 'Oh, you're getting all these great reviews, that must make you really happy.' I guess it does, but mostly it's just a relief.

I don't mind doing scripted material. It's actually kind of a relief, because improvising is a little bit like screenwriting on your feet.

I do love to cry. I'll cry at the drop of a hat. I'll cry at your basic television programme, let alone a weepie. But not big, heavy, serious crying. I haven't done that for a while, which is a relief. More like a little welling up of joy.

I left the world of jail with plenty of relief but, more than anything, with a sense of unease that I still can't quite shake.

To be quite honest, the joyful relief of the publication of my book was short-lived.

On Twitter one lady said, I've seen corpses that look better than Shirley.' I saw the picture she was talking about that Comic Relief had posted and I thought, Well yeah, she's got a point.'

Amid all the horror films releasing in Tamil Nadu, 'Uyire Uyire,' with its focus on romance, will be a relief.

Dubai has got very little oil; it is Abu Dhabi that has got the oil. Dubai has very small resources, and it is running out, so the government's plan has been to relieve Dubai of any dependency on oil at all by 2010.

Life is always a problem. The fact that I'm on the radio saying that I don't necessarily see hope does not relieve people, does not relieve my son, does not relieve children, of the responsibility to struggle.

I did a book event with a former colleague, Bob Bauer, and was so relieved that he said I got all the CIA stuff right.

Anti-religious sneers are a hallmark of perpetual adolescents.

If organized religion is the opium of the masses, then disorganized religion is the marijuana of the lunatic fringe.

The role of religions in the domination and destruction of African civilizations was ruthless... Islam was as guilty as all the rest.

Because Judaism and Christianity are both covenantal religions, the relationship of the individual Jew or Christian to God is always within covenanted community.

I was obsessed with religious questions, the basics: Why are we here? Why is the world so beautiful?

The whole schizophrenia angle interested me. When I first started working on it, I thought I would play up that angle more than I ended up doing. The religious aspect of the story was also a draw.

No woman should have her personal health care decisions dictated by the religious beliefs of her boss.

Religious freedom, often referred to as the first freedom, is of central import to the American experiment. As such it should feature prominently in U.S. foreign policy.

Given the divisiveness and pain that have accompanied several state religious freedom laws, I approach attempts at legislating religious exceptions to anti-discrimination laws with great sensitivity and care.

Religious liberty is a natural right and a highly sensitive issue for Americans, many of whose forefathers frequently came to the country to practice it.

Yet through history gays have always dominated religious life and churches.

I am not a religious person, nor do I have any regrets.

Nobody can swashbuckle a quick-witted riposte like Emma Thompson. She's a writer, a real writer, and she has a relish for the well-chosen word.

I came into parliament to do things, so I don't particularly relish being a rebel.