Clever's not enough to hold me - I want characters who are more than devices to be moved about for Effect.

I am a trained professional liar. Do not read me as a textbook.

I'm not so arrogant to think I'm the only guide someone needs ... but I might be the guide that someone needs.

The painful truth is that while we might have the illusion, none of us are free.

Civilization did not come with fire. It came with the discovery of how to use fire to heat water.

Call it not paranoia, but caution.

Everything else was in the past, and the past no longer mattered.

Power calls to those who are hungry for power, and there are hungry idiots everywhere.

By making yourself a life-long leaner you’ll keep discovering new and exciting things about yourself and others.

I shall seize fate by the throat.

I have had my fill of words and tearful farewells.

Even if it's other people, like on MySpace pages, we're just as collective of enthusiasts now. That seems to be the world we're in.

It has been an honour to be the coach of the best player (Messi) I have ever seen and probably the best I will see.

I believe all literature started as gossip.

When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up.

The only thing growing faster than the federal government's deficit is Chris Matthews' man-crush on Barack Obama.

My mother is the most supportive mother in the world, she's magical.