Coming up with the answers quickly and accurately is what counts the most.

Every child is a gifted child.

It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree but smiles.

If we go back to the heyday of that era I think we will see replicated again the extraordinary human damage that we as a nation have suffered from.

I just don't like politics. My rule is if I can put a spotlight on something, I'll do that.

He, who has blended the useful with the sweet, has gained every point .

There is someone warming up in the Giants' bullpen, but he's obscured by his number.

I've always enjoyed shows like 'The X-Files,' where you're on the edge of your seat and you're so invested in these characters.

Maybe love isn't just a bouquet of roses once in a while. Maybe it's just sticking it out, when it's hard, when you're mad, when you're tired.

There is no reason for amazement: surely one always knew that cultures decay, and life's end is death.

I think it's essential for comic writers to have a hate figure, a despot, a regime to react against, and I think Thatcher was perfect for me, I loathed everything she stood for.

Habit is the great flywheel of society.