What you have to understand about period drama is that it's 'history light.

Sometimes the weekend gets hijacked by work, but as my mother would say, this is the right problem.

I have derived enormous confidence from being a husband and father.

If you are lucky, you have your moment. But it is never more than a moment. You have to enjoy it while it lasts.

Leave three Englishmen in a room and they will invent a rule that prevents a fourth joining them.

Vulgarity is no substitute for wit.

To me, all success is a delightful surprise, since one can absolutely never predict it.

What is a week-end? Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey.

Success means your thoughts are worthy of everyones consideration.

Most of us don't want to be outsiders.

If there's one thing I don't look for in a maid, it's discretion. Except with my own secrets, of course.

God has been so good to me. All glory to the Adonai!

A natural disaster in one American city is a natural disaster in every American city, including Fresno and, for that matter, every city and small town in the San Joaquin Valley.

There's people that focus on the game and forget about the art. There's that specific special individual that can do both.

I don't believe a religion affords any protection if they are connected to any kind of terror.

Imagine there's no varmints. It isn't hard to do.

One ought only to write when one leaves a piece of one's own flesh in the inkpot, each time one dips one's pen.

Human dignity demands courage to defend oneself.

For awhile, I thought that was love. -Gaara

The next four years, there won't be a week that goes by without a discussion of climate change. It's a naturally Conservative issue.

The Christian who walks with the Lord and keeps constant communion with Him will see many reason for rejoicing and thanksgiving all day long.