"Patriotism means loving our country, not the government."

“The danger with Margret Thatcher is that when she speaks without thinking she says what she thinks.”

“Dialogue is the place that books are most alive and forge the most direct connection with readers. It is also where we as writers discover our characters and allow them to become real.”

“My success rate is 100 percent. Do the math.”

Source : "Charlie Sheen Sets His Sights on Sox". Boston Dirt Dogs interview, bostondirtdogs.boston.com. March 8, 2011.

“While working among the little plants of the far places of the world we forget the narrowness of our own orbit.”

Source : Louise Beebe Wilder (1997). “What Happens in My Garden”, Hartley & Marks

“What happens, I think, is especially for comic effect you find something about yourself that you don't like. You exaggerate it, and it's funny.”

“Nowadays, her life is more like a newspaper: aimless, up-to-date and full of meaningless events”

“Luxury is feeling unrushed. It is designing a life that allows you to do what you want with high leverage, with many options, all while feeling unrushed.”

“I was not particularly bright, I wasn't very athletic, I was a little too tall, odd, funny looking, I was just really weird as a kid.”