There is no room in the world, as you say, for second rate work.

But no work from a first rate mind is ever really second rate.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

I must have you. We must have each other. You know that, don't you? You'rein my blood, God help us both.

A recipe is a story with a happy ending.

The information age is so psychotic – without the cell phone and Internet, I would be drama free right now.

I'm me on the mound. I like to show my emotion, be real aggressive and give everything I've got for one half inning. I don't have to act. What you see on the mound is what I am in real life.

Our political press has just been captured by trivia.

Artists should not look to the left or the right. Art should be strong and nonconformist - and most importantly, art should always be personal.

It is a duty not only to punish, but to prevent all manner of evil.

We wanted to write a whole song about partying and then taking Yellow Cabs home. That's the weirdest topic we've ever thought of centering a song around.

The thunder of love is unassailable.