It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary.

It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary.

Good Lord - if I couldn't multitask, I don't know what I'd do.

I'm well into sort of Santiago Calatrava and people like that.

God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illumined by the steady radiance, renewed daily, of a wonder, the source of which is beyond all reason.

Advancement only comes with habitually doing more than you are asked.

That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.

When something really hits me, it makes me want to either jump off something really high or lie down and be buried. I want people to get hit and caught by my music.

Don't let the American accent fool you. I am British.

I've spent hours and hours doing research into Appalachian folk music. My grandfather was a fiddler. There is something very immediate, very simple and emotional, about that music.

I'm curious about everything. Even subjects that don't interest me.

It's weird... people say they're not like apes. Now how do you explain football then?

I'm six foot two. If I need security around me, there's a problem.

Simply as an exercise in efficient politics, Obama '08 rewrote the textbook. His accomplishment was historic and one that transformed how race and politics intersect in our society. Obama is the leading edge of this change, but his success is merely the ripple in a pond that grows deeper every day.

I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too.

Life is a soccer field, don't you think?

A movie with nothing but violence is not a good movie. But one that is actually entertaining around the horror is one that people will remember and watch again and again.

I didn't even enter a bookshop until I was 14 because I couldn't afford books until I got my first Saturday job, but by the time I was six or seven, I spent practically every Saturday down my local library reading as much as I could and getting out as many books as I could.

What's more ludicrous is the whole idea of me being jealous and competitive.

A well installed microcode bug will be almost impossible to detect.

Nonfiction writers are the packhorses of literature. We're meant to carry the story. If we can make it up and down the mountain by a reliable if not scenic route, we have delivered. Technique is optional.

I like Donald Trump; he's been good to me. He supported me at rough times when I was being attacked by others.

Like anything, you don't force kids to cook. It just becomes part of life - have them be around it, keep them informed - talk about it. I try to relay my passion for it in these ways. The second you try to force anything on your own kid, they rebel.

I've made a career off of Halloween.

These two girls start wanting the same thing because in this neighborhood, they know all the guys so well. It's a small town and all the guys are just really boring to them.

I never eat where the hotel recommends. I do my own research and then try the most highly rated options.