I am more one for the story, I think, than the action.

He cannot think. He can scarcely breathe. But he has no desire to either, he simply wants to keep kissing her.

He prefers his adventures second hand.

When a chap is passionate, the readership can sense it.

Muscat is like a mind-altering drug. A stroll in its streets is like getting drunk for the first time

He finds himself bored by the shenanigans of highly spirited young men. Their concerns reside somewhere between balder and dash.

An excuse will not wake up early

As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow.

It may be that today gold has become the exclusive ruler of life, but the time will come when man will again bow down before a higher god.

You know, it's not the world I would have wanted, for sure.

My job is to try and present the most fully-rounded character that I can, and bring a performance that people believe in.

It's very important to make nuclear deals but you have to make them from strength, not from weakness.

If you want to work on the core problem, it's early school literacy.

It is easier to diminish God than it is to enlarge one's heart.

What were you two doing last night, discussing the national debt?

I didn't even dream it would be so good. But I would never let my children come close to the thing.