I think that my script, if it gets used, would be great. But if it doesn't, I think it inspired them.

My sister and I said, Dad, are you doing to do anything about that? And he mentioned treatments other people sent him that he'd been working on. So we thought it would be kind of cool to give these guys a real script.

I think that my script, if it gets used, would be great. But if it doesn't, I think it inspired them.

Unattractive people are more obsessed with looks.

You can seduce a man without taking anything off, without even touching him.

I have a good mind but I don't like to bore anyone with it.

As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm.

The quality of a timeless song is that it's catchy, meaningful and relatable.

I am the first person to go to Barnes & Noble and buy the new self-help book. I like to fill out the surveys, then I get my friends' opinions on how I answered to see if I was being honest with myself or not.

I'm a fan of meeting readers face to face, at reader events, where we're able to sit down and take some time to talk.

Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as if they were adults; and the tactic of making sure they never reach that stage.

I think my broadcast partner Mike Gorman said it best. He said there's a generation of fans who know me as a player and there's a generation of fans who know me as a coach and now there's a generation of fans who think I'm Shrek!

Dream big dreams,because little dreams have no magic.

There is such a thing as food and such a thing as poison. But the damage done by those who pass off poison as food is far less than that done by those who generation after generation convince people that food is poison.

Some of the traits that make you a great entrepreneur also work against you. Examining data of high-scoring people, we find that oftentimes the world frustrates them: They're super-smart, they're super-capable, and the work quality of their peers is vastly inferior to what they can achieve on their own.

I grew up in Wandsworth and was constantly on public transport, as there wasn't much going on around there.

When I was in high school and college, my other real focus was, actually, fiction writing. So in college, I had done all these seminars with these various writers-in-residence.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

There are lots of other issues in policy including the stem cell issue.

The only way a ventriloquist speaks differently is that he forgoes using his or her lips, and learns to reproduce sounds using the tongue, upper palate, and teeth only. Those 'difficult' letters are B, F, M, P, V, W, and Y.

I'm just not entirely sure how to gauge the faddiness of the Internet.

I love out-of-the-way, rugged places. For me, holidays are about the experiences, and the people, and the memories, rather than sitting on a nice beach getting tanned. I try to plant myself where I am and embrace what is there in front of me.

Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear.

Interestingly, koi, when put in a fish bowl, will only grow up to three inches. When this same fish is placed in a large tank, it will grow to about nine inches long.

That common cold of the male psyche, fear of commitment.

I only sound intelligent when there's a good script writer around.

You could warm Mars up, over time, with greenhouse gases.

Seeing the energy of 'SNL' made me want to be a part of it. If that was a job, I thought, that was the job I wanted. That was my plan. Comedy.

I love bummer songs.

You can only control what you can control.