"If you're comfortable on a horse, you're comfortable on a horse. It's like being on a motorbike."

“It's funny, after a while, you get tired of having to fight someone because they don't like the way you look.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“The majority of players are looking for reasons to fold. I am looking for reasons to play.”

“As with editing, I think my strength as a writer is structure. It's not a skill that's much discussed when we discuss fiction, or not as much as language or character development anyway, but it's the first thing I determine before I begin writing - not just books, but anything. I think I know how to pace a narrative well. I think I'm aware of repetition, that I try to create different kinds of sentences as often as I can. Those are all things I learned from magazine editing.”

Source : Interview with Alexis Cheung, believermag.com. November 20, 2017.

“What changed their mind was Jimmy Carter's intervention against the Christian schools, trying to deny them tax-exempt status on the basis of so-called de facto segregation.”

Source : "Audacity and irony" by Angelia Wilson, www.theguardian.com. April 12, 2008.

“I deal with first-hand sources. And give the people, even John Sununu, the opportunity to respond to what I've been told by first-hand sources.”

“I love to read. I have a Kindle, and it's nice to be able to download books that people refer.”

“Each of these strategies-get a little better at it, design a support system, use one of your strongest themes to overwhelm your weakness, find a partner, and just stop doing it-can help you as you strive to build your life around your strengths.”

Source : Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton (2001). “Now, Discover Your Strengths”, p.158, Simon and Schuster

“I had the desire to paint the figure without actually painting the figure.”