It was a splendid summer morning and it seemed as if nothing could go wrong.

I was here on earth because I chose to be.

The image of a cleanly, self-possessed man exploiting his solitude was not easy to come by, but then he had not expected that it would be.

Standing in the rain outside the door of Percy’s old house, we seemed bound together not by blood and not by love but by a sense that the world and its works were hostile.

Percy must have perceived, early in her marriage, that her husband’s lechery was compulsive and incurable, but she was determined, like any other lover, to authenticate her suspicion.

When you get to be as old and as rich as I am, it’s hard to meet people.

You cannot understand God without understanding people

It's hard to be a dreamer sometimes. I'm tired.

I believe we don't need to widen the divide between the West and Islam. Rather, we need to build dialogue to encourage tolerance and respect.

Aren't grown up people just little children at heart?

When I have interns, I always say, 'Handwritten thank-you notes can make a difference.' People remember that - not an e-mail, a handwritten note in an envelope.

They say cats have nine lives. I've had 12 already and I don't know how many more I'll have.

I honestly think that a Pavlik fight would be easier than Jones because styles make fights. He's one dimensional, comes in straight lines, I love that.

Passion has been in my DNA for generations.

The rise of the Earth's temperature, causing sea level increases that could add up to one foot over the next 30 years, threatens the very existence of New Orleans.