I need my natural laziness to be counteracted by obsession in order to do anything.

I sometimes seem to myself to wander around the world merely accumulating material for future nostalgias.

Don't put things off till it's too late. You are the DJ of your fate.

Put your backbone where your wishbone is.

The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.

And an equation is the same whether it's written in red or green ink

I certainly think its very important that writers as citizens - not necessarily as writers, but just as ordinary citizens - should talk about things that matter to them.

What is the difference between my life and my love? One gets me low, the other lets me go.

I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.

I think if something is worth doing, it's worth doing well. And worth thinking about it as well.

To not be able to love the one you love is to have your life wrenched away.

Man can only use money to buy man-made goods.

Folks who talk about no violence are always the ones who are first to call a policeman and usually they are sure there is one handy.

We share a lot in common, attitude wise.

You can't expect people to give you the things you love, unless you know how to ask.

I am not the German Tony Blair. Nor am I the German Bill Clinton. I am Gerhard Schroeder, chancellor of Germany, responsible for Germany. I don't want to be a copy of anyone.

Friendship means to be a strong hand in the dark to another in the time of need.

In the department of homeland security and each agency that's there there's a morale problem. It's a different morale problem in each one.

I can be busy for three years and you may not even know what I'm busy doing because you only see me in a few scenes here or there, but I've been working my tail off because there's just not a lot.

Most of us have to think worst-case scenario.