How dreadful...to be caught up in a game and have no idea of the rules.

Still she wondered: did the present deliver up the future, or must you chase your destiny like a harpoonist?

I remember a table in BarchesterTowers that had more character than the combined heroes of three recent novels I've read.

Woody Allen is in his '70s and he's making movies, so I look forward to getting there.

The thing about Iran is there are many political factions and it's not quite the dictatorial, authoritarian state with one person always making every single decision.

There are moderates in Syria who we should be supporting.

A deaf church is a dead church: that is an unalterable principle.

I know these days it sounds a little odd, but American governments are very fearful of European reaction. They were afraid we would be considered gunslingers.

What we are good at comes easy, and we believe that unless it comes hard, it can't be very good.

Babe Ruth was great. I'm just lucky.

Well, I think if more people had more applause, it would make them feel better. I often give my wife a round of applause. If the meal is very good I give her a standing ovation.