"I usually start with a repulsive character and go on from there."

“Before my tenure, people didn't seem to think that citizens had a right to limit the size of their government.”

“Reality is what one does not perceive when one perceives it.”

Source : Niklas Luhmann, William Rasch (2002). “Theories of Distinction: Redescribing the Descriptions of Modernity”, p.145, Stanford University Press

“I'm a hacker!" Cadel protested. "I don't poison people! I don't blow them up!”

Source : Catherine Jinks (2008). “Evil Genius”, p.85, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“If the players go Christmas shopping, it's not ideal preparation. It may sound silly, but having to fight off the crowds in a busy shopping centre or having people visit can be demanding.”

“Monopoly and privilege must be destroyed, opportunity afforded, and competition encouraged. This is Liberty's work, and Down with Authority her war-cry.”

“I would predicate that in all great works of genius masculine and feminine elements in the personality find expression, whether this androgynous nature is played out sexually or not.”

“The yearning for strong leadership is more about strength of purpose - clarity of vision - than about merely 'getting tough'.”

“That's how we build the economy of the future. An economy with more jobs and less debt, we root it in fairness. We grow it with opportunity. And we build it together.”