Every accepted public quote

“Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.”

“I chose to personally support Donald Trump for president early on and referred to him as America's blue-collar billionaire at the Republican National Convention because of his love for ordin...”

“With three kids you are just trying to survive. You can't be fastidious.”

“The mass audience doesn't want to see you if you aren't perfect. If you don't look a certain way, if you don't have big pecs and great skin and the perfect eyes. And it's unfortunate, becaus...”

“A baby is a symbol of hope and one of life's blessings.”

“Mexico has proven by now that it's a strong electoral democracy. Now we have to build a democracy that produces better results; if not, then you get a democracy of disenchantment.”

“It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.”

“With TV, it's the same way as preparing for the game of football. To get better at football, you have to watch the film and watch those who came before you and played the game, and yes, the...”

“My mum enrolled me in this free dance class because I had so much energy in the night-time, and she just wanted me to go to sleep. I ended up falling in love with dancing, singing, acting, t...”

“The nicknames - people say they couldn't understand it, but look, I have really enjoyed my time away from 3AW, and I have discovered one thing - that I am more than just a yelling fanatical...”

“Comic-Con fans are so affectionate, and it's always a lovely way to start a new season.”

“At Campbell's, we're listening to consumers. We recognize that real and healthier food is better for our consumers and our business. Our goal is to be the leading health and well-being food...”

“I've a belt that I have worn for every single stand-up comedy session since I was 19. I fear if I ever lose it, my career would crumble. That's my one OCD.”

“Nature's imagination is so boundless compared to our own meager human imagination.”

“You've failed in life, so now I'm going to give you your identity back and move on.”

“The idea that man is a tabula rasa, or Mao's sheet of blank paper upon which the most beautiful characters can be written, is an old one with disastrous implications. I do not think though t...”

“There's definitely a lot of undiscovered talent in Africa. If I'm one of them and there's a few other guys in the league, that means that there must be some that are hidden.”

“We all face storms in life. Some are more difficult than others, but we all go through trials and tribulation. That's why we have the gift of faith.”

“Nick Zinner has been one of my favorite guitar players for a long time.”

“Years ago, I noticed one thing about economics, and that is that economists didn't get anything right.”

“Football has changed, and so has the relationship between the players on the pitch. Where once some players would try everything to distract opponents, now it's harder. There are TV cameras...”

“To most people, paranoia carries a negative connotation. I believe it is one of the most valuable attributes a leader can have. It is about self-reflection and having the courage, humility,...”

“I'm big on setting goals, but I also think that if you have too many lofty ambitions and set goals for everything, you can sabotage your efforts by overextending your brain.”

“I'm a history nut.”

“We are manipulating machine intelligence, and in the process, we have forgotten to effectively utilize the true potential of our own mind, let alone focus on improving the mind. We are devel...”

“Certainly, writing a book was challenging. It took me a long time to learn how to do it. It took me seven years to get a sense of how to wean myself off the process and trickery of songwriti...”

“The most interesting indie titles always tend to come out of nowhere for me. That's part of the fun for me.”

“It's brilliant to be compared with such a player as Rio Ferdinand.”

“My mom is African-American, Native-American, Irish, and Creole, and my father is of Jewish, Russian, and Polish descent. It's made me who I am. Because of my diverse background, I think I ca...”

“The wrap party for the 'Lorna Doone' TV series was pretty special. We went to about four clubs, then four people's houses, and I got home at midday the next day. I'd been wearing ridiculous...”

“Modes are infinite, and laws are infinite.”

“Growing up in the Bay, I was still looking for a lot of East Coast hip-hop. I had an older homie put me on to a lot of stuff like Nas' 'Illmatic.'”

“It says on the back of the Nyquil box, 'May cause drowsiness.' It should say, 'Don't make any plans, OK? Kiss your family and friends good-bye.'”

“Avoiding the physical sciences due to the fear that they will lead to heresy is childish.”

“We often speak of domestic terrorism and hate crimes in the same breath, and there is a fine line between the two, and certainly overlap in some cases.”

“The rigors of creativity - the self-doubt, the revising, the solitude - do require a kind of self-consumption. It comes at a cost; a cost that isn't for everyone.”

“Authors I've longed to write like - but realize I actually can't even begin to - include Poe, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Kafka, Daniil Kharms, Witold Gombrowicz, Emily Dickinson, Robert Walser,...”

“The final effort came when our reconnaissance team reported contact with the POWs and their guards by radio near midnight at a pre-arranged crossing site.”

“I once owned a home on an island off the coast of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.”

“We only win at war because we fight another government. If we fought private industry we would not last until noontime.”

“The only thing I have to go by is what my mother and father told me, how I was brought up.”

“I think my earliest 'Star Wars' memory that I have was from 'Return of the Jedi.' I distinctly remember the scene with the rancor under Jabba's Palace.”

“God Hold us to that which drew us first, when the Cross was the attraction, and we wanted nothing else.”

“Wind depends on temperature. Temperature depends on pressure. And pressure depends on wind. It's an intricate mathematical tapestry that is far too intertwined to unpick by hand.”

“I think St. Jude helped me achieve some miracles in my life - that's why I wear the medallion in my left ear and never take it out.”

“I have a night job driving tractors on biomass farms.”

“Cities have unique home-sharing policy needs - a dense, urban city may have different concerns than a historic vacation town or a non-traditional travel destination.”

“They're smart in Orange County. Smart and rich - just how I like 'em.”