The word Amendment itself is an encouraging thing, isn't it? Because an amendment, it tells of a system of government that allows for the improvement of itself. Just move forward a little bit, one day at a time.

I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.

Germans don't speak in a German accent, they just speak German.

Ireland was a place for the renewal of hope and I still see it like that.

I spend many months in apparently listless rumination out of which I hope something will emerge.

I'm woefully one-track-minded.

I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the storm. I like that feeling. I like it a lot.