And I wasn't a journalist any more than I was a trained nurse.

At the moment you are no longer an observing, reflecting being; you have ceased to be aware of yourself; you exist only in that quiet, steady thrill that is so unlike any excitement that you have ever known.

The War will leave none of us as it found us.

And I wasn't a journalist any more than I was a trained nurse.

I get criticized for anything I do.

I love discussing social issues, but I'm not interested in scare tactics. I believe there is a way to bring awareness in tandem with forgiveness and love.

When you play a violin piece, you are a storyteller, and you're telling a story.

When I was a kid, Halloween was strictly a starchy-vegetable-only holiday, with pumpkins and Indian corn on the front stoop; there was nothing electric, nothing inflatable, nothing with latex membranes or strobes.

No one looks at a baby and says, 'You are going to be a great novelist, and you really need to start writing now.' Something in us says: 'This is what I must do.'

I think I'm most excited about traveling and shooting and spending time in L.A. I have a great talent agency there and, you know, working with my acting coach and really putting in the time and effort to transition into the acting.

As a club, we have an educational purpose: to give back to those people who love Arsenal so that they learn moral values from our game and how we behave.

I don't like to talk about girlfriend stuff. It's not necessary. I try to keep my relationships separate from everything else.

I'm less interested in the inside of whatever it is I own than on the outside of what it sits on.

Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart and mountains will move out of your way.

I never set out to do this; I never set out to say, 'Can I break this record?' Then all of a sudden, the preparations made for the celebration put pressure on me. I said, 'Okay, I have to get there.' After 2,130, there was sort of a realization it was a foregone conclusion you're going to play tomorrow.

Love thy neighbor as thyself

Discovery should come as an adventure rather than as the result of a logical process of thought.

We all need that extra friend outside of our immediate family to talk about that extra stuff you wouldn't normally talk to your parents about.

Art is not what you see but what you make others see.

Safer cities generally mean stronger urban economies.

I've loved thrillers and spy stories since I was a kid. It's probably not a bad rule of thumb to write the kinds of stories you love to read.

A musical theme once exhausted, finds its due refuge and repose in silence.

Where men or nations have broken down, it will almost invariably be found that neglect of little things was the rock on which they split.

Running is what keeps my weight down. I have to stay active or I could easily gain weight.

I think, the people around home are very supportive to us.

In order to live in a different country, you have to love something there. You have to love something there. You have to love either the spirit of the laws or the economic opportunities, or the - well, history of the country, the language perhaps, literature.

I am optimistic.

Well, I really don't like heights. I don't get on the top deck of a double-decker because that's a bit high for me. I always feel that I'm going to hurl myself off, so heights are a problem.