If I hadn’t done Bond, I wouldn’t have been in America doing my series, and I would have had a different life.

In common with many who have a brain injury, I initially lost my confidence and felt very vulnerable, as if a protective layer of skin had been stripped away.

Life is good - we forget that.

Many people say that recovery from an aneurysm is like having a layer of skin ripped off - your experience of life is more intense.

To do a Bond picture is a blessing but also a curse.

There is nothing anti-intellectual in the leap of faith, for faith is not believing without proof but trusting without reservation.

Oh, darling, you know we writers must occasionally stretch a point to heighten the dramatic situation.

Representative Chris Lee was forced to resign after sending a shirtless picture of himself to a woman on Craigslist. On the bright side, he DID surprise his wife for Valentines Day.

No one ever gets too big to make mistakes. The secret is that the big man is greater than his mistakes, because he rises right out of them and passes beyond them.

I'm not a huge fan of covers in general, but collaborations always make them more fun - they're sort of neutral territory.

Two Drink Mike enjoys dancing and knows a magic trick. Whereas, No Drink Mike enjoys biographies, and has serious opinions on wildlife. And Five Drink Mike... dances with wildlife.

And then comes unhappiness, and one does not become unhappy either. One says, 'A black cloud passing. I am the witness, the watcher.'

Live fully each day to the full . . .

We made and spent at least 10 million dollars. The thing is, we heard that the planet was going to end in 2012. We thought, We have got to spend this money before the asteroid hits.

Ancient wisdom offers . . . a simple yet profound formula to guide everyone who leads, anyone who aspires to leadership: 'Do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly.'