What happens in China and Vietnam is not only going to affect China and Vietnam, but it will affect neighboring read more

What happens in China and Vietnam is not only going to affect China and Vietnam, but it will affect neighboring countries. And, I think as has been demonstrated by the movement of the virus that in fact Europe, Eastern Europe has been infected. We are quite concerned…given the migratory paths of birds, we are quite concerned about Africa, although Africa has not been hit yet.

Oh what people of God we ought to be; and grace can make us so!

Oh what people of God we ought to be; and grace can make us so!

We'll see how things go in the morning.

We'll see how things go in the morning.

The career of a writer is comparable to that of a woman of easy virtue. You write first for pleasure, read more

The career of a writer is comparable to that of a woman of easy virtue. You write first for pleasure, later for the pleasure of others and finally for money.

I felt ashamed for what I had done. I don't have any excuses. I did what I did. I take read more

I felt ashamed for what I had done. I don't have any excuses. I did what I did. I take full responsibility for myself and my actions. I wouldn't pawn this off on anybody. I'm sorry it happened. And I hurt people.

Love is what enables us to bridge the gap of disappointment when others don't live up to the expectations we read more

Love is what enables us to bridge the gap of disappointment when others don't live up to the expectations we have of them.

Accusations of genocide are a very sensitive issue and we are attempting to deal with it as such. The accusations read more

Accusations of genocide are a very sensitive issue and we are attempting to deal with it as such. The accusations are made against the Ottoman regime and are no reflection on the modern Turkish state or Turkish people. I have met to discuss the issue with a range of representatives from the Turkish community and agreed to host a seminar for them to present their view on this period of history.

I'm sure that local communities probably get tired of people coming to them and saying this wasn't installed right.

I'm sure that local communities probably get tired of people coming to them and saying this wasn't installed right.

It was a little early, we weren't quite ready yet and all of our funding wasn't there. But we felt, read more

It was a little early, we weren't quite ready yet and all of our funding wasn't there. But we felt, and still feel, that it was the right thing to do.