Another thing he told his customers was that one of the great accounting unknowns of the modern age was how to value knowledge. It was an exciting field.

Oh, that sound? I'm in the hot tub, reading a novel.

Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.

Every first draft is perfect, because all a first draft has to do is exist.

I suspected that there were things he knew that I had been waiting all my life to learn.

In many ways, being honest about 'Huckleberry Finn' goes right to the heart of whether we can be honest about our heritage and our identity as Americans.

Even if my marriage is falling apart and my children are unhappy, there is still a part of me that says, 'God, this is fascinating!'

Take naps. Often new ideas come together when you are half asleep, but you have to train yourself to remember them.

Candy is my fuel. Ice cream, too.

But what truly horsey girls discover in the end is that boyfriends, husbands, children, and careers are the substitute-for horses

In every society, the artists will be the ones who set themselves up as contrary to whatever the society expects.

All questions need to be explored from our hearts first & then embraced by our heads.

It is the business of the future to be dangerous.

Clothes are about manipulations: how I feel, how I want to feel and how I want others to feel about me.

Ballroom dancing: it's a wonderful thing at so many levels because you've got to follow the rules. They used to call those rules etiquette once upon a time, but you don't really have that any more.

[Iranians] are a sponsor of terrorism around the world and we have to address that.

The hype man's job is to get everybody out of their seats and on the dance floor to have a good time.

I come from a martial arts background so kicking and punching and using your hands and your feet is more of the art that I was taught.

As the prospect of a Tory government gets nearer, many traditional Labour voters - some who switched away in recent times and many who stayed at home - seem more determined to prevent that happening.

It's hard to have a bad hair day when you're famous.

My philosophy is that when I go out of my room, I'm prepared to love everybody I meet, unless they're bad.