I like spending a lot of time fine-tuning all the small characters. I think it really pays off.
I really enjoy my time off. If I'm going to go to work, it has to be something I really believe in, or else it's totally tedious.
When you are an athlete, it's difficult to take time off and say you want to come back without everyone judging you and attacking you.
One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame we have killed off so much real shame as well.
I just think overall a lot of it has to do with conditioning and players putting in the time and the effort in the off-season to keep themselves in condition for 12 months a year.
The real danger with debt is what happens if lots of people decide, or are forced, to pay it off at the same time.
The more sleep you get in before the clock turns midnight, the more rested you feel no matter what time your alarm goes off.
I had already done a lot of research for Rough Riders, keeping notebooks and old photographs. Some of the books were antiques for that time period, with the covers falling off.
There is no scientific reason to think that we, even with space travel, are going to survive as a species for ever, certainly not by biting off the hand that feeds us, which is exactly what we are doing.
If something's not working, it's wonderful to have a reader you can trust to say, 'Actually, you've gone off the deep end here'.
American Idol' is a $900 million-a-year corporation. When you are dealing with that, you can't come off with lies - it's either the truth or nothing.
In general, I've been treated well by reviews, and there are times when I haven't. The truth is that I've come to feel like I'm better off without reading them.
Art: You want to hurry this up, Clark? I'm freezing my baguettes off.
Cameron: [in disguised voice] Pardon my French, but you're an asshole! Asshole!
Cameron: [singing] When Cameron was in Egypt's land... let my Cameron go!"
Ferris: [In a sing-song voice] Do you have a kiss for daddy?
Ed Rooney: Between grief and nothing... I'll take grief. Sloane: Great.
Jeannie: I can't drive when you're yelling at me! STOP IT!
Sloane: Sooner or later, everyone goes to the zoo.
Bulda: Take off your clothes, I wash them. Kristoff: No! No, I'm going to keep my clothes on.
Morrie: [on Morrie's wig commercial] Don't buy wigs that come off at the wrong time.
