We're trying to work on Sami to get through that and shoot the puck. MacInnis shot the puck all the time. If there was a fool who wanted to stand in front and break an ankle, tough luck.

You can't control the opposition, but you can control how you play, your energy level, your intensity on the ice. That's what we're going to do.

Guys, I don't want to tell you half-truths, unless they're completely accurate.

We don't really need reviewers, just first-night reporters who will tell us faithfully whether or not the audience liked the show.

Have you ever considered that your perception of reality could be wrong? If you haven't, this is a pretty good sign that it is.

When you are learning a new technique, practice it wholeheartedly until you truly understand it.

Lord Of The Rings fandom was massive, worldwide, entrenched. Generally it had been part of the fans' life all their life, because they had it read to them as children; they'd become Tolkien students.

The greatest gift you can give someone is the space to be his or herself, without the threat of you leaving.

The first page sells this book. The last page sells your next book.

I had to write about realistic circumstances. Thats the way my brain works. And I think that gave me a sort of place in the field.

One aged man - one man - can't fill a house.

But I never really thought that I would be extraordinarily successful at skating, it's just something that happened, you know.

A poet laureate of adolescent sexuality and middle-age longing.