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I was born in Wisconsin, but I quickly moved to Nigeria as a toddler.

Every man lives at swordspoint, Ferris intoned.

Debt, we've learned, is the match that lights the fire of every crisis. Every crisis has its own set of villains - pick your favorite: bankers, regulators, central bankers, politicians, overzealous consumers, credit rating agencies - but all require one similar ingredient to create a true crisis: too much leverage.

The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is like the greatest, most fantastic library you could ever imagine. It's a labyrinth of books with tunnels, bridges, arches, secret sections - and it's hidden inside an old palace in the old city of Barcelona.

I'm a little more extreme than a homebody. Unless there's some event I really have to go to, I don't like to leave my house.

But on paper, things can live forever. On paper, a butterfly never dies.

I have nothing against diamonds, or rubies or emeralds or sapphires. I do object when their acquisition is complicit in the debasement of children or the destruction of a country.

I like to say that journalism is the graduate school from which you never graduate.

An opinion is a poor substitute for understanding.

I am not going to tolerate players turning up unfit. They are professional athletes representing a country.

My argument has always been that this is not an anti-Bush film, it's a pro-democracy film. And if Bush comes out on the wrong side of democracy, that's his problem.

We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant.

Watching people like Brandon Graham, Erik Larsen, and Joe Keatinge produce stories for my characters was a revelation... Like, 'Why are you doing work for hire when others are working on characters you own?' 'Bloodstrike' and 'Brigade' is me re-focusing my focus!

A love that does not make you feel rich is poor in heart

But I, you know, if I could choose a period to go back to, I think I would like to live through the Blitz. 'Cause you do read so many accounts of people saying they're living their lives at such an intense pitch that it was a completely different way of living.

Jessica Lange in Frances... was dramatic and passionate and one of the strongest performances I've seen a woman do.

I think the biggest part of being a girl boss in the office, at home, or anywhere you go is just knowing your value.

I will not allow a Delia Smith cookbook in my house! It's all so precise with Delia, and it makes cooking seem so inaccessible.

Policy should always be rooted in unbiased science.

What is the primary purpose of a political leader? To build a majority. If voters care about parking lots, then talk about parking lots.