It's not just the physical aspect of boxing, it's the whole fighter mentality that has been ingrained in me through the years as a competitive athlete. One of the hardest things you'll ever do is to box - to get into the ring and to face off with som...
I often put any project I write in a different decade just to roll the thought around in my head. There's a thriller I've written that I think would be nice to set in the '70s or '80s, just to take cell phones away from the movie. There's nothing lik...
Until you go through with it yourself, you simply can't imagine it. But it is the transition of going back to work and the guilt of how much time you spend with your child that's hard. I worry about not getting back in time for bath-time. I am not a ...
Eric Draven: Mr. Gideon, you're not paying attention! Gideon: [shouting] No! My hand! Eric Draven: I repeat: A Gold engagement ring, yes? It was pawned here a year ago by a customer of yours named Tin Tin. He confided in me before he ran out of breat...
Nicholas: And you really believe that just because you publish children's books, people are going to care about my reputation? You can have pictures of me wearing nipple rings, butt-fucking Captain Kangaroo. The only thing they care about is the stoc...
When I first put my hat in the ring, several very tried and true and loyal Democratic activists from our community said, 'What? She's not a Democrat. She's a Republican.' I took that as a compliment, you know, that people didn't necessarily know what...
I'd forgotten that a boy from the streets is no match for the future Princeps.
Terrible times breed terrible things, my lord.
The history of learning amounts to a history of specialization.
The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord.
I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.
I'm never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone.
I would rather be alone and a loud voice for action than be silent.
I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness.
Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.
Art is about going a little nuts... Kids do art for fun. It's playing.
The man irritated her just like a rash.
Yes my lord, but questions are dangerous, for they have answers
She laughed and said not to confuse pride with nobleness.
Shit spews from your lips as from the ass of a pig.
...but there are stories that cannot begin at their beginning, and perhaps this is one of them.