Don't you know how, in talking a foreign language, even fluently, one says half the time not what one wants to but what one can?

While growing up, I always had to depend on foreign authors for page-turners. I think of myself as a commercial writer, and my job is simple to entertain you.

After our ages-long journey from savagery to civility, let's hope we haven't bought a round-trip ticket.

Spring flies, and with it all the train it leads; and flowers, in fading, leave us but their seeds.

How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower!

I wish people would take more care of the countryside.

A day in which you do goodness far away from the crowds is indeed a very good day!

All we try to do is buy a dollar for 40 cents.

Let us not wonder if something happens which never was before, or if something doth not appear among us with which the ancients were acquainted.

An expectation is a shelter - it gives you a security feeling. So when someone breaks your expectations he is breaking your shelter, making you insecure, fearful.

I am competitive, and I like to be as competitive as possible in anything I do.