I have no political ambitions whatsoever. My ambitions are all about what XL can become.

My eldest son, Jack, grew up with me as a 'part-time' dad.

At XL we are continually focused on the rate of change, the increasingly interconnected world and the need to help our clients advance wherever their business occurs.

The payroll tax increase was destructive financially, it took what was a close call and made it a bad call.

By all accounts, the senate race I ran in was a quality race in the wrong year.

XL is a world class brand with very successful insurance, reinsurance and life reinsurance businesses and I look forward to helping it realize its full potential.

While Safeco's turnaround is one of the greatest things I have ever participated in, the heart-wrenching decisions to let people go will stay with me forever.

The elimination of unnecessary collateral requirements on foreign insurers and reinsurers is not only beneficial for the individual companies, but for the industry as a whole.

You have to understand, I grew up in the shadow of the Safeco tower.

I'm going to explore the possibility that my future work could be in public service rather than corporate work.

Those who have gone through a divorce know the pain and special challenges of raising a child under such circumstances.

Is this what family is like: the feeling that everyone’s connected, that with one piece missing, the whole thing’s broken?

What's amazing when you get up and do something is what God does in your life. We just have to get up and do something.

In retrospect, everything is finite, but prospectively, there are infinite possibilities. I guess that's what makes life hopeful.

Instinct is the gift of experience. The first question you have to ask yourself is, 'On what basis am I making a judgment?' ... If you have no experience, then your instincts aren't any good.

I'm not the greatest boyfriend, but I'm not a creep. It's more like I'm... absent-minded.

I was always an outsider, always standing outside, observing and trying to figure things out. Which is exactly what you need to do as a writer, I suppose.

I worry about the men of your time, Grace. They all seem to be great fools. (Julian)

It's a chore for a fellow to fear for his life more than once in an evening.

One of the great purposes of religion itself is being hindered by an exclusive-ism that doesn't take into account the common elements and values that we actually share.

Alix [MacKenzie] was a looser, more linear painter, dealing with amoebic forms, let's say, close to [Joan] Miró as opposed to my more static exploration of space.