Well,the fun part of being a writer is that it's like making a wonderful film, with no limit on my budget. I can design the sets, the costume, the lightings, I write the script, and then I get to perform all the roles as I step into each character's skin, zip up, and adopt that point of view. So, to me, they are all compelling and fascinating.

Writers really do that. We weep over our characters. We are saddened sometimes for days when we say goodbye to a world or a character. They do become our best friends. I've probably spent more time with them over the past 22, 24 years than I have spent with most of the real members of my family.

I do not know whom I wish to win; until I do, I will let no player be eliminated.

the greatest danger is always the one we are ignorant of.

There is little in life so reassuring as a genuine welcome.

The fight isn't over until you win it, Fitz. That's all you have to remember. No matter what the other man says.

Nothing takes the heart out of a man more than the expectation of failure.