The greatest memory for me of the 1984 Olympics was not the individual honors, but standing on the podium with my teammates to receive our team gold medal.

As a competitor, you have to learn pretty quickly how to deal with pressure.

Discipline is the quality that carries over from gymnastics to acting.

Adrenaline is an amazing thing.

Literature is the real life of imaginary people.

Was it all put into words, or did both understand that they had the same thing at heart and in their minds, so that there was no need to speak of it aloud, and better not to speak of it?

Could you be happy if you woke up and suddenly you were no one special?

Where principles and heart stand in conflict with each other, let us make the law of the spirit free from the law of principles.

I've belched a lot more since I had gall bladder surgery. I don't know why.

But if you parry individuals points - a negative and defensive enterprise - you never step back and actively imagine a world in which a different system of ideas could be true - a positive act.

America will never resist abortion until America sees abortion... The pro-life movement is not primarily a response to Roe vs Wade. It is a response to Jesus Christ.

The writing career is not a romantic one. The writer's life may be colorful, but his work itself is rather drab.

Climate change should be seen as the greatest challenge to face man and treated as a much bigger priority in the United Kingdom.

The ultimate test's always your own serenity. If you don't have this when you start and maintain it while you're working you're likely to build your personal problems right into the machine itself.