Buying a home wouldn't make much sense if house prices were likely to decline further; no one wants to catch a falling knife.

Our economy isn't going to recover until the housing market finds its footing.

Distressed properties are often vacant and in disrepair, and thus sold at significant discounts. As the share of distressed sales grows, home prices fall.

I'm a registered Democrat.

Past experience with fiscal austerity at home and overseas strongly suggests that it is best for the economy's long-run performance to restrain government spending rather than raise taxes.

We need to get rid of the debt ceiling law. It's anachronistic and it's a problem.

Our biggest challenge is to eliminate the popular perception that economists don't have anything useful to say.

Predicting recessions is indeed a dark art, but I think we are several years away from the next one.

The discussion in Washington has changed dramatically. I mean, it's no longer a question of should we address entitlements - it's no longer a question of do we need to reduce spending in the future.

If Mr. Trump gets precisely the policies he says he wants, then the economy will suffer a recession.

I only have two things in my life, my family and work. If there's any time left over, then I play sports.

the siren song/called silence

Self-pity is the most destructive of all narcotics.

More often than not, what animals require our protection from is not hurricanes or fires, but abuse at the hands of other people".

shall we dance into the perpetual torture of our union once more?

The greatest single distinguishing feature of the omnipotence of God is that our imagination gets lost thinking about it.

There are so many great things about this business. Almost everybody is on the same team. It is all for one-friendly competitiveness. No one is out to hurt anyone.

Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable.

How easily men satisfy themselves that the Constitution is exactly what they wish it to be

Without doubt, in animation each frame is important, every movement defines the character.

But the process of making a film is not glamorous. Certainly not my films.