Many people crave security and stability rather than risk-taking, and that doesn't make them any less American. They are the workers rather than the job creators, and all societies need both.
I am not for raising taxes in a recession, especially when it comes to job creators that we need so desperately to start creating jobs again.
We need to make sure that joblessness never pays more than employment.
In 'Surprised by Grace: God's Relentless Pursuit of Rebels,' I retell the story of Jonah and show how Jonah was just as much in need of God's grace as the sailors and the Ninevites.
When I need the idea, I can find it immediately. I have a horror of rewriting or deleting; the parts of my composition are carried in my head 'till I can write them down, even to the last note. Then I do not alter a jot.
I feel very warmly and joyfully towards BBC Children in Need.
Instead of judging people, we need to pray.
I worry that we're not getting enough of the news that we need to make informed judgments as citizens.
Our runaway judiciary is badly in need of restraint by Congress.
I need to recharge creatively, and get off the clock of having to be somewhere just because, and having to keep juggling all these things.
We need librarians who can handle this tremendous jumble of information that is in cyberspace.
The premiere of Lynne Ramsay's film of 'We Need To Talk About Kevin' at the Cannes film festival provides an apt juncture at which to celebrate the miraculous power - not of film but of fiction. Lo, I have created a monster.
We cannot allow anything that's called 'national defense' to justify any and all spending. We need to be very, very careful that we don't overspend and say, 'Oh, that's defense,' when perhaps it isn't.
Sometimes I do need to go to karaoke, sometimes I need to relax.
With all the endless varieties and toppings you can add to burgers, there's no need to keep munching on the boring burgers and ketchup found at all the tailgating events and BBQs.
As much as we need to approve the Keystone pipeline, we need to think far broader than that.
You only need a few people to effect a kidnapping.
Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
All I really need to know... I learned in kindergarten.
Writers have to have a knack for listening. I need to be able to hear what is being said to me by the voices I create.
