“Before MS moved in on me, I'd worked for seven years as a city lawyer,...” — M. J. Hyland Quote

“Before MS moved in on me, I'd worked for seven years as a city lawyer, as the editor of a literary magazine, and before the age of 20, I'd also worked as a cadet journalist and as an assistant director in both film and TV. And then, after the lesions of MS, both on my spine and in my brain, I was the opposite of bionic.”

“I grew up in a bookless house with a father and brother who have spent most of their lives in prison, psychiatric hospitals, or living rough, and a mother who has spent her life slaving and scrimping to pay the bills, living a nervous and troubled life.”

“The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history has been about 200 years.”

“Art is like wine. It gets better with age.”

“Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.”