I totally alienated some reporters as I retreated.
In some instances, alimony has become akin to a social-welfare program provided by working women to their ex-husbands.
I hope there's some kind of morality in all my work.
All writers of fiction will at some point find themselves abandoning a piece of work - or find themselves putting it aside, as we gently say.
Unfortunately, some politicians think they are immune from allegations of ethics abuse.
Competitors argue that Google rigs its search algorithms to demote listings for competing search engines. Many of the allegations of demotion come generally from sites of pretty questionable quality, such as Nextag and Foundem. Some of Google's primary competitors in 'specialized search' clearly place well in search results - Amazon and Yelp.
Even some of the greatest technology-led revolutions, or allegedly technology-led, really were only made possible because of trends already present.
I have been accused of allegedly giving up my free-market principles in supporting some of Donald Trump's proposed policies.
An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.
Some writers are so enthralled by ideas (one thinks of Doris Lessing) that their characters become debaters, and their fables approach allegory.
A negative Allen Iverson story is the greatest Allen Iverson story, for some reason.
Unfortunately, I'm allergic to all animals and even some people.
I'm allergic to Hawaii. Everything there makes me react in some way.
There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
Alligators and crocodiles are some of the most aggressive creatures on the planet - they'll take down a boat if you come up to their nest.
I know some authors who have gotten $25,000 advances and put it all into marketing, others who allocate $5,000 or $1,000.
Some kids spent their allowance going to see 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'; I spent mine on a great-looking lamp I'd found at the flea market and a ceramic bowl from a neighborhood garage sale.
All of us have to make some accommodations and allowances if we are to live with another person.
If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.
On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' And Vanity comes along and asks the question, 'Is it popular?' But Conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?'
