My voice falls into Southern drawl when I am tired, drunk, or in trouble. Too often, my accent is attacked by all three of these realities.

Malibu: With sounds of waves crashing, and the ocean at the doorstep, you feel like you are hours away from civilization. And with L.A. traffic, YOU ARE.

I am not being overly harsh. Overtly hostile, yes, but exactly the right amount of harsh.

Many of the women in Los Angeles are part of the notorious gang culture, and they will forever have my gratitude for, you know, letting me live.

When my heart is better, less shrunken, I will throw her out there to love again, without hesitation, even knowing what we know.

Holy crap, my heart was arrogant to believe her spotless track record could stay that way.

Having two women—one who can’t know about the other, and one who must be trusted not to destroy his life—is clearly difficult for him.

During my completely soul-shredding midlife crisis at the age of twenty-eight, I felt sure I had peaked too soon.

As I prefer to see it, there has never been an epic love story that involved significant amounts of self-control.

Love: the impossible combination of being IN the deep end and being OFF the deep end.

Facebook is that successful guy you’re supposed to want to date, but you can’t keep your mind off the beautiful freak in the corner. Twitter is my freak.

Even though we often mess up, most of us are doing the best that we know how with the circumstances that surround us.

One cannot manage too many affairs: like pumpkins in the water one pops up while you try to hold down the other.

In our way of working, we attach a great deal of importance to humility and honesty; With respect for human values, we promise to serve our customers with integrity.

Democracy and equality try to denythe mystic recognition of difference and innate priority, the joy of obedience and the sacred responsibility of authority.

It seems that in Baltimore, one of the most violent cities in America, jurors are far more reluctant to convict criminal defendants than in the suburban enclaves that ring the city.

If you aint like me, you aint gotta like me.

Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value.

My memories of literary agenting are of a very happy time and there are surprising reminders of it coming back now.

Living for God's glory is the greatest achievement we can accomplish with our lives.

It's just fantastic to feel the speed and the braking. It was a hard work - to hold an f1 car on the circuit is a job in itself. To drive quickly is another thing. I enjoyed it.