It's very rare that someone who is so good at the language of numbers, is as good at the language of life. They're two very different worlds.

I never started writing because I wanted to write myself stuff. It was really more that I had these stories to tell, and I wanted to work with people that I respected and liked.

The desire for knowledge begins with searching and seeking.

We inhabit an internal world that is subject to diversification. Every day we undergo personal transformation based upon experiences, thoughts, and feelings.

You know most of the food that Americans hold so dear - things like hamburgers and hot dogs - were road food, but even before they were road food, they were peasant food.

... once you get beyond the crust of the first pang it is all the same and you can easily bear it. It is just the transition from painlessness to pain that is so terrible.

A youth without fire is followed by an old age without experience.

Even women are perfect at the outset.

Women love to hear a man defending their wife.

I like romance, I like glamour and I like realism. I think that's a great combination.

You take yourself out of the moment and knock yourself off balance when you judge and think about what you are doing, rather than experiencing and enjoying what you are doing.

The American people have now spoken, but it's going to take a little while to determine what they've said.