When I am designing, my aim is to create tension and then gradually proceed into quiet.

There are people who organise the contest, winners, losers, and people who benefit from the contest taking place.

I like French fries," I say. I like French fries? I sound like a slow child in a made-for-TV movie.

Well, at least I have the satisfaction of having destroyed a terrible monster, and in doing so rid the world of an awful curse.

Nature, they say, doth dote, And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote.

When I was almost 13 I was ripe for religion. I was actually just plain ripe.

Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago.

I hate all pain, Given or received; we have enough within us The meanest vassal as the loftiest monarch, Not to add to each other's natural burden Of mortal misery.

No long-term marriage is made easily, and there have been times when I've been so angry or so hurt that I thought my love would never recover.

Often, we are too slow to recognize how much and in what ways we can assist each other through sharing expertise and knowledge.

Costumes are fun. Dress up like a pilot some night and watch as people stare!