My greatest regret as a writer is that I've never been able to include as many jokes as I'd like.

A police state is a country run by criminals

You find out what you think by talking to yourself.

It is perseverance, and not genius that takes a man to the top. Rome is full of unrecognized geniuses. Only perseverance enables you to move forward in the world.

Working 14 hours a day until you're 55 and missing your kids growing up is not what I would consider a recipe for happiness.

In a generation or two, or maybe sooner, young golfers of true sporting instinct will wonder why all this handling of the ball is necessary. It will seem to them that the game is not as good as it might be.

Orwell has always been a huge influence on me.