Ever since my famous battle with Python, I've had a phobia of scaly reptilian creatures. (Especially if you include my stepmother, Hera. BOOM!)

Dear Meg, " I said. "I can't be sure about Lityerses. But I think we must try. We only fail when we stop trying.

When in doubt, " Calypso said, "Tater Tots.

Four different kinds of Tater Tots?" I felt overwhelmed by culinary confusion. "Why would anyone need so many? Chili. Sweet potato. Blue?

We were ten feet away when we triggered the First Law of Percy Jackson

attraction, that's the farthest thing from an idea. That's an urge, an impulse, a force. It's subconscious, physical. You can't make everything cerebral.

But to be the best, you must face the best. And to overcome your fear, you must deal with the best.

A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.

The gospel is not an announcement that God has relaxed his justice or lowered the standard of His holiness.

What happens with every role, you have to trick yourself, you have to creatively find ways to explore the mental state of your character.

Magna carta. Master charga.

Man-made global warming was a potential serious threat, and NASA wanted Congress to fund new satellites to study the problem. It was a team effort to get that accomplished.

I want to be like Tom Freston. Tom just flies around everywhere, gets to make movies, gets to start TV shows, hang out with cool people and do whatever he wants.

Warner Bros., where I spent pretty much most of my professional life, they continue to make a lot of movies but so many of the studios are pulling back.

Conservatism is not a doctrine of contentment. Not a doctrine for the satisfied and the smug. It's a politics that's at war with the world.