Hello, Mrs. Tran...I have David's homework. And if you ever want to see it again, you'll pay me the two million dollars I asked for.

He kissed her, and the magic that had been building up steadily around them exploded, raining down in arcs of silver fire that made her half-remember a prophecy from her d

I am the rightful ruler of this world And now that I, too, have awakened, like my dragons, I have come to take back what is mine.

If a woman defined herself solely by the man she was with—and vice versa—the world would be a very shallow and insipid place, indeed.

Be careful what you wish for. Especially out loud.

I'm as lucky as a bed of oysters on cioppino night.

We don't have dealings. He just stalks me. I'm popular like that.

A lot of people have it in for me. It's practically a school sport.

I'm sorry I missed the meeting and hurt your little feely-weels okay?

Bob, would you be willing to take on Evil Bob?"Bob's eyes darted nervously. "I'd . . . prefer not to. I'd really, really prefer not to. You have no idea. That me was crazy. And buff. He worked out.

My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.

A word to those of you out there who have yet to be offended by something I have said: Please be patient. I am working as fast as I can.

One of the things I love within music and within sports is how often musicians and athletes thank their audience. In the art world, you would never hear that.

In wartime we identify ourselves with the nation, and its interests are the interests of our primal selves.

I spent the morning putting in a comma and the afternoon removing it.

I saw the abyss of my misery; whatever there is of good in me is Yours, O Lord. But because I am so small and wretched, I have a right to count on Your boundless mercy.

I think Christine and Chad are on the opposite extremes of the spectrum. Christine is a model victim, and Chad is a model perpetrator, and Howard is closer to the middle.

If anyone can achieve the impossible it’s you. Please, please, get it again.

The common good and the individual good rarely coincide.