If you ignored the benign ghost that haunted the place and the witch who lived inside, it was practically the picture of normalcy.

Couldn't I just take up juggling fire over a pit of alligators?" Liam muttered. "I think it might be easier.

Cookies, a dragon dog, and a sword: what every well-equipped little girl takes on a journey.

This is the strangest family vacation ever, " Liam said.

You guys must use some interesting parenting techniques." "You have no idea, " Liam said dryly. "You have no idea.

You wouldn't believe the things that go missing in these labs. Remind me to tell you the story about the radioactive spider sometime.

You can't call your life your own: and in return you have safety, if it's worth having at the price you pay.

If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer.

If I had a child and she was a girl, I'd hope she'd do something different from me.

Growing old on screen is not for the faint of heart.

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.

I have an amazing relationship with my wife, but sometimes there are arguments. It happens.

The right way to proceed when we face the kind of challenges we face is to pursue the strategy which Ronald Reagan pursued when we faced the challenges of the last century.

It's poetry to watch the game when the game is left alone, when there's not a bunch of flags on the ground.

I am one of the few people I know of who has argued in print that torture may be an ethical necessity in our war on terror.

Your garbage, transformed, is your gift.