It's part of a writer's profession as it's part of a spy's profession to prey on the community to which he's attached to take away information - often in secret - and to translate that into intelligence for his masters whether it's his readership or his spy masters. And I think that both professions are perhaps rather lonely.
No matter how dark things may get in a story I feel it's the responsibility of the storyteller to leave the audience with at least a shred of hope.
The only thing I hope I did was never put in question my love for the game or my passion to be counted on when it mattered most.
It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope.
Whiskey's to tough Champagne costs too much Vodka puts my mouth in gear. I hope this refrain Will help me explain As a matter of fact I like beer.
A person who no matter how desperate the situation gives others hope is a true leader.
Truth is not a matter of fact but a state of harmony with progress and hope. Enveloped only in its wings will we ever soar to the promise of our greater selves.
One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve.
No matter how dark the moment love and hope are always possible.
No I can tell you one of the first things that happens to a home secretary when they arrive in the job is that they are given a briefing about the security matters that they will be dealing with and I deal with security matters on a daily basis.
I'm still a kid. I'm like six years old. But it's just a matter of wanting to get up it's just a big journey. I felt like when I left home that I was on a journey and I still am.
Before I had kids I'd go out on the road for months and months at a time but now I don't think I'd want to do that anymore because I'd miss too much time at home so it's just a matter of monitoring how much work that I do and how much time I'm on the road.
Where there is a mother in the home matters go well.
To be honest when I'm home every day is a Friday for me. It doesn't really matter what day it is for me. A lot of my friends actually have time off during the week and so it doesn't prohibit me from enjoying myself when I am home on a Monday or a Tuesday.
I've always looked for the perfect life to step into. I've taken all the paths to get where I wanted.But no matter where I go I still come home me.
When I go home its an easy way to be grounded. You learn to realize what truly matters.
The house has to please everyone contrary to the work of art which does not. The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not.
The odds are always against you no matter what your previous history is. You have to overcome the tendency to relax.
India is a curious place that still preserves the past religions and its history. No matter how modern India becomes it is still very much an old country.
To be converted you have to destroy your past destroy your history. You have to stamp on it you have to say 'my ancestral culture does not exist it doesn't matter.'
The subject matter is very tricky. It's about the Munich massacre and what Mossad did afterwards with the assassination squads. I think it's a turning point in history especially for the Palestinians.
With the perspective afforded by the passage of time where does 9/11 rank as a turning point in our national history? For the victims and their families innocents going about their lives suddenly and brutally murdered no other day can ever matter as much.
Illegal immigration is not just a matter of interest in states along our border with Mexico. It is having an effect on local economies schools health care delivery and public safety all across the country.
I think it's important that as a matter of course the brain and spinal column were removed from this cow and that would be the material that would cause concern in terms of human health. And therefore we're confident in the safety of the food supply.
But the fact of the matter is that all scientific evidence would show based upon what we know about this disease that muscle cuts - that is the meat of the animal itself - should not cause any risk to human health.