He couldn’t believe that sleep had robbed him of this spectacle night after night. Such are the writer’s privileges, he thought, nostalgic already for the present.

Imagine how many women could excel in science if not for the pernicious myth that science and math are a man's game. Likewise, fitness isn't defined by the Arnold Schwarzeneggers of the world.

I have a very pop voice, but there's so much of me I associate mostly with urban music, so I try to blend the two.

She was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation.

We are, all of us, incoherent text, and just knowing that - knowing that no matter how much you say, 'I am this' and part of you is not that - means that you can say it.

Nonviolent nationalism is a necessary condition of corporate or civilized life.

A hair shirt does not always render those chaste who wear it.

Theories of love are found in the works of scientists, philosophers, and theologians.

I hardly broke any laws at all. I should drive more often.

When you think about great teams, The Beatles and the Pythons immediately spring to mind. The Pythons were as much a part of their time as The Beatles.

I've heard lots of people lie to themselves but they never fool anyone.