Quotes About Author

I would say Chael Sonnen would be a natural for professional wrestling.

All you need to do is look down at my boots. My pro wrestling boots that I've worn for the past year have the Triforce symbol from 'Legend of Zelda' on them.

I think, in general, when you talk about great wrestling towns in the history of the world, I think Memphis kind of shoots up there into the top three if not the top two.

I'd never seen a professional wrestling match. First one I saw, I was in. It was just an accident.

Millions of wrestling fans know me as Johnny Mundo, the mayor of Slamtown.

War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality.

Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.

Coming out of 'Wretched and Divine,' I was still wanting to explore the more theatrical elements of songwriting. That led to Andy Black.

In some ways, the best novel about terrorism, though it's not a novel, is 'The Looming Tower' by Lawrence Wright or 'Perfect Soldiers' by Terry McDermott.

I always bring my Jiffy Esteam steamer to get the wrinkles out of our clothes. It's powerful enough to press a suit.

Nor ought a genius less than his that writ attempt translation.

Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.

With 'The Forty Rules of Love,' I wanted to write a love story. But I wanted a love story with a spiritual dimension. For me, that took me to Rumi. And from Rumi, I went to Shams of Tabriz. That's how the story took shape.

A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.

I am sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like unless he write it for himself first.

'The One-Eyed Man' is a novel that was one I never intended to write.

When I decided to write 'The God of Small Things', I had been working in cinema. It was almost a decision to downshift from there. I thought that 300 people would read it. But it created a platform of trust.

If you want a transcript of tonight's program, get a pen and write down everything I said.

My job is to write opinions. I decide cases and write opinions. It is not to respond to idiocy and critics who make statements that are unfounded. That doesn't mean that people shouldn't have constructive criticisms, but it should be constructive.

I never do any television without chocolate. That's my motto and I live by it. Quite often I write the scripts and I make sure there are chocolate scenes. Actually I'm a bit of a chocolate tart and will eat anything. It's amazing I'm so slim.

The way to write is well, and how is your own business.

I really like questions. I like people who write scripts because they're asking questions, not because they're giving answers. It's something that I look for.

I have a terrific editor in Molly Mahan - she's the best - and Red Sonja has become up there with Black Canary as my favorite character to write, ever.

I consider plot a necessary intrusion on what I really want to do, which is write snappy dialogue.