The higher the rope, the more thrilling it is to climb.

We now have the liberal playbook and we know what they are doing, and we are using it against them. Unlike the Democrats though, we aren't out to destroy our society, we are out to save it.

Then he kept to the back streets, and found a place that did a very reasonable double sausage, egg, bacon and fried slice, in the hope that food could replace sleep.

Clarity affords focus.

I think there are movies that are so gigantic that you need a second unit

Iraq's government is at a stalemate.

Today's empire is tomorrow's ashes...

I remember To Live And Die In L.A. I saw that in the cinemas when I was young in the '80s. I remember the poster. It's a great poster.

Love is an emerald. Its brilliant light wards off dragons On this treacherous path.

I have climbed Everest from the Nepal route and the China route. The other routes are too hard for me. So I don't think I can climb Everest again.

A literary influence is never just a literary influence. It's also an influence in the way you see everything - in the way you feel your life.