A wisp of gossamer, about the size and substance of a spider's web.

A wisp of gossamer, about the size and substance of a spider's web.

You obviously want to start the season out with a big game and to follow it up by continuing to get better.

When I first moved to L.A., I didn't have a lot of money to join a gym or take classes, so I improvised. My sister and I went to the library and looked over their DVD collection and discovered Neena and Veena, these Egyptian twins who have a whole series of belly dancing routines. We did them all.

Video games are a huge, incredibly popular, worldtransforming medium.

How well he's read, to reason against reading!

I understand that sometimes when you're young it's difficult to remember the difference between real life and what is part of fantasy.

A lot of very successful businessmen share some of these sociopathic traits - a lack of empathy, seeing people as commodities, projecting an air of sincerity when everything is actually calculated.

I see little alteration at Lyons since I formerly passed through it. Its manufactories are, nevertheless, flourishing, though less improvement than could be expected is visible in the external aspect of the place.

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.

I'm big on tomato mozzarella salad. That's my favorite all-time food.

The most promising privacy thing is stupid phones. I'm dumping all my smart phones.

That's the same in college. It's the same in high school. Kids are getting bigger, stronger, faster, more into the weightlifting, more into nutrition, more into size.

My favorite thing about this business is you're just jammed in a room on a set with like-minded people - writers, directors, and art designers and hairdressers. People who didn't work a 9-to-5 but chose this life. You're going to like at least two or three people in that you love these people so much.

Astrology's a moving system that depends on where you're looking at it from on Earth. My horoscope here in London would be completely different to down in New Zealand.

If significant amounts of time go by without suspenseful action - which is often most powerfully motivated by backstory - the story loses momentum, and readers lose interest.

Sibling relationships figure in a lot of my books. You don't often see relationships between adult siblings explored in fiction.

What makes 'The Lorax' such a powerful fable is partly its shamelessness. It pulls no punches; it wears its teacher heart on its sleeve.

When I'm hungry, I eat. When I'm thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it.

A State can sue for negligence as well as fraud damages.

Thinkers too often disparage men of action in ways that do them no credit.

Let the politicians debate equal pay and pursue the folly of a war on women in America.

Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize youre already in heaven now.

From the start, I was focused on getting the Good Housekeeping Seal. I wanted to go on TV and tell everyone that the Miracle Mop had it. Now, I can proudly say 26 of my products have been approved!

The President, in talking about freedom and democracy, is sparking a wave of very positive democratic sentiment that might help us override both Islamic fundamentalism that has formed in that region, and also some of the hatred for our policies of invading Iraq.

My inspiration is always what I think my fans want to listen to. I often write about social problems. If I'm not going through it or I haven't gone through it, I want to make sure it touches someone. That's what I base my music on.