The Red Comyns had always done well behind the throne. The king was but an instrument, as his father used to say. They were the musicians.

Creativity takes courage.

No, the religion of Jesus is a social religion.

You kids were all in college, and I suddenly saw that I was stuck alone with a man who, all those years later, was still wanting me to be someone I wasn't.

I am hoping very much to get re-elected but it is going to be a tough fight.

It has been a wonderful five years. I'm excited about the many projects we're working on as we move into year six, and I want to thank everyone for tuning in. We couldn't do it without you!

I don't know whose sensibility I'm responding to. Until someone starts pushing against what they've inherited and starts making their own decisions about language, it's difficult.

But I don't care what Megan Fox or Jessica Biel say: There are definite advantages to being the hottest girl on the planet. Number one was that I got paid for it. A lot.

A typical day is full of anxiety and boredom. Flow experiences provide the flashes of intense living against this dull background.

Everything we know has its origins in questions. Questions, we might say, are the principal intellectual instruments available to human beings.

If you want to be a well-paid copywriter, please your client. If you want to be an award-winning copywriter, please yourself. If you want to be a great copywriter, please your reader.