Quotes About Author

I had very good talks with Leipzig. I felt that the club really wanted me.

I do a great deal of research - particularly in the apartments of tall blondes.

Who wouldn't fancy Brian Epstein? He was tall and handsome and had money and class.

My friends would howl if I claimed I was androgynous - I'm not tall enough!

As I was writing, I realised I wasn't sufficiently extrovert to gather enough interesting souls with tall tales around me. I was no Louis Theroux. But neither was I interested in exploring my inner life in public, in the manner of a Jonathan Raban.

When I sold my first book, 'A Conspiracy of Tall Men,' it was part of a two-book deal. It wasn't hugely lucrative, but it was enough money for me to quit the paralegal job I had in San Francisco.

He was a physically imposing presence - 6 feet tall and very broad in the shoulders - and an imposing intellectual presence as well. Whenever he was in a group, he dominated it.

I think it would be a privilege to play in Tampa, period, with the Florida State fan base and everything I have been involved with in the state of Florida.

You know, my wife is a south Florida girl. She was born and raised in Tampa so she's traditionally lived in the South.

I say this day in day out in Tampa to anyone who is associated with our club that it starts with the supporters, because without the supporters and their support and their passion there is no game, there is nothing to cheer for.

I know white clothing is supposed to enhance that summer glow, but writers don't tan.

The Panetta/Petraeus combo is a powerful tandem. I've seen both of them up close and personal at the CIA and in Iraq.

'Tangerine' taught me that if you win an audience over with comedy, then hopefully have a soulful message at the same time.

I'm blessed to have a platform that allows me to speak to many at once. I recognize that I can make consciousness a tangible thing for young people.

For my family and my neighbors, America stood for something real, something tangible. America, and therefore Americans, stood for freedom, family, truth and justice.

As someone who has long loved history and reads a lot of history, especially when you get a distance like 130 years, these people can seem almost mythical, and you need something tangible to make them real.

Human spirit, things that aren't tangible, fascinate me, so I'm always researching mind, spirit, soul.

The monsters and creatures were always scarier when they felt very real and tangible, and there's something about CG that lessens the impact of it.

If you mention any ideological thing about shooting 'Last Tango in Paris,' I was thinking I was doing a political film.

'Downton' took a long time to catch fire in America, but we have been getting good reviews for 'Tango.'

'Tango' is very much an ensemble piece and I was devastated when I read the script.

The Shark Tank was one of the best buildings to play in, and we had a lot of memories there.

The Heritage Foundation is the premier think tank, research organization. The premier idea group for the conservative movement.

I started off at a local newspaper called 'The Middle East Times,' which is no longer in existence. I remember one of the earliest stories that I wrote for them was a study about domestic violence in Egypt from a government-run research institute think tank.