Read two newspapers a day. And not just online. Hold them in your hands. Get ink on your fingers.

After you have put food on your table, make sure you invest in really good walking shoes and a good bed.

Refuse to be cynical. Refuse to think that things can never change.

Darkness does not leave us easily as we would hope.

Acquiring knowledge is the most fruitful effort.

The true snob never rests there is always a higher goal to attain and there are by the same token always more and more people to look down upon.

In England, 'Doctor Who' has always been considered a children's show, at least by children.

I love having a president who I think is smarter than I am.

We don't really live in a culture that loves boys or loves children, and we don't encourage boys to be whole.

Do you hate people? I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.

It's kind of the Washington, D.C., chattering class. They kind of talk amongst themselves.

Every time a story about me appears in a newspaper, I am injured professionally.

Stupid, shiny Volvo owner.