I'm hyper-aware of my last name and it's lack of Derby or Horowtiz-esque sonorousness. Moffett sounds like a type of couch cushion. I guess I'm hoping to start a wave of first-name usage.

Birth is a dream, spontaneous and innate. Death, on the other hand, is a slow, false, divine calamity. It is like love.

I'm a total ignoramus about the technical aspects but I have to say that it's awfully purty now.

I was thinking what I usually think about when I write: what the next word should be, whether my character should be an emu farmer or a wallaby farmer, the searing pain in my right temple.

I'm pretending to be a vegetarian. Were I not, I believe I probably still wouldn't eat a wallaby.

Your field report might be the reason someone detoured six blocks, say, on their way to the chiropractor.

He couldn’t believe how lucky he was to have found a girl like her. She may have been the perfect woman for him.

History is not a catalogue but...a convincing version of events.

Being brave doesn't mean never being afraid, you know. It means going for it anyway because you know it's the right thing to do.

But for us, in Syria, we have principles. We'll do anything to prevent the region from another crazy war. It's not only Syria. Because it will start in Syria.

They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.

You shouldn't hear the guitar by itself. It should be part of the drums... You only notice the guitar when it's not there.

Every team that I've played on, I've either been the captain or co-captain.

I think you’ve got to be very, very careful when you start making blanket statements about what people say and think, as opposed to what they do. It’s a very, very slippery slope.

As we rise to meet the challenges that are a natural part of living, we awaken to our many undiscovered gifts, to our inner power and our purpose.

You always felt not happy about things, but you just couldn't put your finger on what was going.