Old Japanese saying, live scorpion in pants makes life interesting.

The Internet is like a gold-rush; the only people making money are those who sell the pans.

There isn't a mayor in the world or a president in the world that can stop homicides.

An image often propels the novel, gets it started. For me, it's an image that has a lot of emotion connected to it.

Once you're imagining being the main character, and you're having the conversations and actually being there, the magic in fiction writing takes over.

Dreams aren't practical, but we can't live without them.

One day I get to that spot where I've discovered the secret to the maze, and then I've got free running the rest of the way. It's a great feeling.

On the New England Patriots losing the Super Bowl after going 18-0: We set high expectations, now we go down as 18-1, and that is one big zit. It is one big blemish. We choked.

I think we made huge positive changes and Thunder Bay is in a better place than it was four years ago.

Let's build a battery plant here.

I often read nonfiction, and some of my ideas begin there.

Such a woman is called "Mother's FRIEND" always ready to give judicious Parental advice and living vicariously on the experience of others

A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.

There are so many local nonprofits making a positive impact every day, and yet, oftentimes we don't hear enough about them or their needs.

The crowning feature of the federal system is the supremacy of the judiciary over all other branches of government in matters relating to the rights of persons and property.

Cleveland's a great place when you're a kid. You hardly ever get sunburned, without the sun shining.

I love the way you love, but I hate the way I'm supposed to love you back.

Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.

Anyone who's ever had the misfortune of seeing me interact with house pets knows I have a wickedly strong paternal instinct bordering on the maternal.

Perhaps at a later point important developments will be traced back to September 11. But for now we do not know which of the many scenarios will actually hold in the future.

My Way is the Way of Karate, which is also the Way of humanity, and which is consequently related to the Way of Heaven.