Truth was, if you were going to believe something, it was best to believe in stuff that made the world seem a more interesting place.

My reaction to your news is delighted astonishment that Lanark has been judged more popular than a book by Ian Rankin, and only regret that this wonderful honour had no money attached to it!

How we eat can change the world

It is a point of pride for the American male to keep the same size jockey shorts for his entire life.

Anytime odds get stacked up against me, I feel like it's in me to beat it

We each need to find our own inspiration. Sometimes it is not easy.

When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for.

Professor Ian McDonald of Guy's hospital in London...has found that, in young men, sugar raises the level of cholesterol in the blood, and especially...tri-glycerides.

There is no value-judgment more important to a man--no factor more decisive in his psychological development and motivation--than the estimate he passes on himself.

It's nice to have options even if you can't take them.

Being a songwriter, singer, and a great part of a unit is more important than being Joe Guitar Hero.

It is difficult to give children a sense of security unless you have it yourself. If you have it, they catch it from you.