Great companies are formed by great people. It’s not about attracting great people

Your heart will always go where your mind wanders.

Maybe he's not coming, ' I whispered to Damar. 'He's crazy after all. Maybe something shiny caught his attention and he forgot about me.

The donkey which brought you to this door must be dismissed if you want to get through it’.

The more there is scandal and corruption in Washington, the better it is for McCain, so he's at a high point right now.

The divine power moves with difficulty, but at the same time surely.

Admiration is a youthful fancy will which scarcely ever survives to mature years.

I started writing it, because it was seven years ago. But yes, that is the genesis of why I started writing.

Reality, whether approached imaginatively or empirically, remains a surface, hermetic.

I don't think you'd call me a traditionalist. But you can say I have an old soul, because I grew up listening to Conway Twitty and Hank Williams.

I have to say I owe my career to the master composers of the Great American Songbook who have written such high-quality songs - the best popular music ever composed.