"Football and gambling - two great American addictions working together. What could possibly go wrong?"

“I went to a commune with my parents when I was a kid and everyone else got given cool spirit animals like tigers and panthers. I got a mouse.”

Source : "Coup De Main x NZ On Air | The Veils". Interview with Rose Riddell, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. September 13, 2016.

“People who think in absolutes usually don't listen to anyone but themselves. They resist new ideas and try to preserve the status quo. ...”

Source : Jennifer James (2012). “Thinking In The Future Tense”, p.201, Simon and Schuster

“I am now working on the second WWI story and find the challenge marvelous.”

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

“I never translated from my days in the Navy to being a congressman.”

Source : "Exclusive: Eric Massa on 'Glenn Beck'". "Glenn Beck", www.foxnews.com. March 10, 2010.

“Before I knew what affliction meant, I was ready sometimes to wish for it”

Source : Mary Rowlandson (2014). “Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson”, p.104, Diderot Publishing

“Perhaps the greatest mistake we can make, which causes loss of self-respect, is making the opinions of others more important than our own opinion of ourselves. You'll find no shortage of opinions directed at you. If you allow them to undermine your self-respect, you're seeking the respect of others over your own, and you're abdicating yourself.”

“I'm an actor, and part of my joy and my curiosity about the job that I do, is that actors have the privilege of exploring human nature in different ways.”

“A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.”