As David Roderick says about writing, "It's not the tale that pleases, it's the telling," and I could not agree more.

If I don't read, I get lonely. If I don't write, I forget who I am.

Actors! They travel the world and all they see is a mirror.

I joke sometimes that I live a protracted adolescence, that a part of me will always be twelve years old.

When she kissed him this time it was hungry, intoxicating. He let one hand track down her body, feeling her close. "I want you, Yasmin, " he said, his breath ragged. "Badly.

Entrepreneurs are outsiders by nature - outsiders with a work ethic.

Only because The Runaways were my baby and there's no reason to get it back together except to totally have fun. If that's not the goal, then I don't want to do it.

I don't like kicking the ball a lot.

A man's eyes should be torn out if he can only see the past

The vast majority of Muslims living here are peaceful citizens. Unfortunately, however, we also see religious and political fanaticism among Muslim groups in Germany.

I always fish out antique ideas, very old ideas.

Watching a ball game is one of the sweetest pleasures in the world.

Most wars are not fought over shortages of resources such as food and water, but rather over conquest, revenge, and ideology.

What woman, however old, has not the bridal-favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her heart?