The only way to do my job without optimism would be as a cynic, and that's not my nature.

Winter is coming, we know what's coming with it. We can learn to live with the wildlings, or we can add them to the army of the dead.

I want to fight for the side that fights for the living. Did I come to the right place?

Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle. Who knows?

My whole day is built around meetings that can be achieved around bike rides. My contract actually offers me a free car from my home to my office and back, but I suppose I am addicted to cycling.

Presentationally, Bill Clinton is a US President to die for. The truth is, far too many have.

At Halloween a lot of young people were wearing Bush masks mocked up as an incarnation of the Devil.

I'm as embarrassed as hell about it. I purged myself of my shame by buying the Beatles 'all you need is love', one of the most evocative singles of all time.

You don't need to put on make-up to make you look pretty. All you need to do is put on a smile and that will make you pretty in anyone's book.

The Bible says that to have a friend we must show ourselves friendly. To that, I say, “Amen.

Time is the wisest counsellor of all.

Aside from the fact that they say it's unhealthy, my fat ain't never been no trouble. Mens always have loved me. My kids ain't never complained. Plus they's fat.

I pray that we bring the sound of heaven to earth

The marvelous thing about a good question is that it shapes our identity as much by the asking as it does by the answering.

It was always a false assumption that white American writers cannot write novels about race unless they're approaching it from a very oblique angle.

Dear 338171 (May I call you 338?)

I wanna live like Arnold, Willis and Mr. Drummond... And keep my paper sturdy, big birds and tight herbs.

I embrace the idea that I'm an entertainer.