It seems to me that our lives are consumed by countless wasting years, but only a few shining moments. I missed mine. Yes is what I should have said. Of course I should have said yes.

Without a doubt, it [Canada] is the land God gave to Cain.

Obviously the raven with the unquenchable itch was at it again, playing tricks on the world and its creatures. Once by air, he thought, and now by water.

All I know about humour is that I don't know anything about it.

Every class has pupils who mimic the teachers particularly well and perform for their classmates

Even though I live in America more, I feel like when I go to Adelaide, that's when I get to go home.

When I wrote Rick, I had the idea that I would take the plot of nearly every opera and turn it into a dark film, which is something I still may do.

Anybody, at any time, may equally find himself victim or executioner.

Governor Romney may be running for CEO, I'm running for President

I've always enjoyed hitting things as hard as I can. It's fun to hit things and watch them fly.

Think about what there is to learn from your heritage, good and bad, and about what you want to cultivate and not cultivate.

It's a myth that older writers can't write for younger audiences. Shakespeare wasn't 15 when he wrote Romeo and Juliet.

The Israelis have a lot of influence with Congress, and in some cases they are able to buy influence.