All honest labor becomes easy; it only becomes hard when done with unwillingness.

Delivering the State of the Union? That bloke couldn't deliver pizza.

My niece is - her name is Sasha, is currently learning Russian at Melbourne University and I look forward to the day when I can talk to her about Pushkin.

All honest labor becomes easy; it only becomes hard when done with unwillingness.

First-rate science fiction was, and remains, more interesting than second-rate art.

You should never trust anyone who listens to Mahler before they're forty.

A sense of humour is common sense dancing.