It's a strange feeling, owning a secret. It's like a stone in my stomach, crushing my insides and making me feel sick every time I think of it.

There's always that one guy who gets a hold on you.

It is time that we had uncommon schools, that we did not leave off our education when we begin to be men and women.

I had to have a brace because I had big teeth. If I'd gone to Africa I would have got poached.

I've been writing since I was six years old. It's hard to imagine stopping. I would hate to think that I've already written my best book.

I spend far too much time on eBay buying lamps and upholstery remnants.

We can build a new modern electric grid. That's a lot of jobs; that's a lot of new economic activity.

Many times the players get in there and it's just about as well as they could have done, and other times they get in there and they favorites and they don't win.

I speak onstage to try to establish some method of communication. The songs are supposed to be a way of communicating. But speech and drinks and sometimes chocolates are also a way of communicating.

Everything we do seeds the future. No action is an empty one.

If you ever were bullied, you always remember that feeling.