"I am a sinner, and I consider myself very fortunate to suffer something for the name of Jesus Christ."

“Fiscal policy, monetary policy, they need to work together to try and raise the level of growth.”

Source : Source: www.abc.net.au

“This is my theater. This is where I can sing and act out a play and do sit-ups at the same time”

“Once you're imagining being the main character, and you're having the conversations and actually being there, the magic in fiction writing takes over.”

“Whatever you really want, wants don't get met consistently, standards do.”

“There are times in life to grow, and there are times in life to shine. One can't grow and shine at the same time; it just doesn't work that way. Now you're growing. Tomorrow you'll shine.”

Source : Carol Plum-Ucci (2002). “What Happened to Lani Garver”, p.84, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“I'd rather take a contested shot than an open shot any day ... It's kind of boring when you take open shots”

“Where I get my energy is: 'How can I make it better?”

Source : "Smooth Moves" by Alexandra Jacobs, www.newyorker.com. March 28, 2011.

“I don't own an ABBA album, and I never had the urge to go and buy one. If you're just talking about well crafted pop songs, they were fantastic.”