"I've taken on some of the emotional weight of the stories I've worked on. I was writing about a very difficult time in the life of one of my clients and I burst into tears at a small, crowded café. I'm not a crier at all in my own life. Maybe that's why I'm a ghostwriter."

“content is a matter of temperament rather than circumstance ...”

“A lot of people say I can't do it because I'm blind, or I have red hair, or my feet are too big. Get the right team around you, don't set boundaries and go for it.”

“The great Islamic nation cannot ... be indifferent and remain silent on the injustice done to you. The Islamic nation is required to assist you in any way it can.”

Source : "Iran President: Israel Will Be Annihilated". www.foxnews.com. April 14, 2006.

“You could say I'm a laid-back kind of guy.”

“I'm not the kind of coach who just goes out and buys players for the sake of it. I'm a coach who wants to - and can - improve players.”

Source : "Louis van Gaal in his own words: The best quotes from the new Manchester United boss" by Ben Burrows, www.mirror.co.uk. May 19, 2014.

“I just love all the music. My grandma was a church organist for 40 years, and she got me into jazz music and great songwriters, Harold Arlen, George Gershwin, all those folks. I can't do it, but I have a profound respect for it.”

“In whatever one does there must be a relationship between the eye and the heart.”

“You can be our critic. Would you dig that? (Yes, he was the last Man in America who could say “dig” with a straight face without referring to the process of using a tool to remove dirt from the ground.)”

Source : Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, p.108, Scholastic Inc.