He turned his gaze upon her, and their eyes not only met, the pupils shook hands, exchanged business cards, and sat down for tea together.

If you cannot say what you have to say in twenty minutes, you should go away and write a book about it.

Short stories are great start, but if they are true that's the best start so far in about 222 short stories I have viewed and I have already shared them in the book series Reddit Collection.

For me, Mama's cabinet had been full of mysteries and secrets to be puzzled out, like an adventure. For them it had been full of memories. And I had broken all of them.

Our conscience, our faith, our local community, even our online hobby clubs - all civilize us.

In the mid- to late '60s to the mid-'70s, when I was a student, there was a major change in the thinking about what art can be and how art is made.

My wife and children seem to like me quite a bit, and as long as that is true, I'm really OK.

I left Gorbachev's office thinking that everything about him was outsized: his achievements, his mistakes, and, now, his vanity and bitterness.

Pain I keep to myself; my music is for entertainment purposes and I always have that in mind.

The truth is that teamwork is at the heart of great achievement.

I don't want to be a part of something I don't want to watch.

I try and get about eight hours of sleep every single night. And I like to think that I drink more water than anyone, ever.