Joachim du Bellay

France, mother of arts, of warfare, and of laws.

Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family.

The X Games have done night and day for snowboarding and action sports.

Octavia Butler was more interested in writing a good story than in worrying about where to slot it.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.