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I will tell you King's First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much.

A writer's job is to tell the truth.

I don't think anyone can tell you what it is that makes you a star.

There's no recovery on Main Street, I can tell you that for sure. And in a re - in an economy like this, we don't need to be raising anybody's taxes.

I'm a big goofball, you know. Don't tell anyone that, but I'm a big goofball. In Australia we call it a dag.

Brooke might tell a different story, but I've always loved the water.

I'm 86 and my doctor used to tell me to slow down - at least he did until he dropped dead.

When I edit, I'm not from the school of Hello, I'm a genius, so everybody shut up. I'm from the school of Let's play it once in front of an audience, and then I'll tell you where it is going.

Quite often you want to tell somebody your dream, your nightmare. Well, nobody wants to hear about someone else's dream, good or bad; nobody wants to walk around with it. The writer is always tricking the reader into listening to the dream.

We have to be able to criticise what we love, to say what we have to say 'cause if your not trying to make something better, than as far as I can tell, you are just in the way.

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results.

I think it's unconscionable for a Senator from Massachusetts to come down here and tell the people of Florida what's right for them. It's arrogant and irresponsible.

The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you. You're in a conversation and everybody's agreeing with what you're saying - even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don't want to hear.

I want to tell you a terrific story about oral contraception. I asked this girl to sleep with me and she said 'No.'

There are some good people. But a good chunk of them will lie for no reason at all - it'll be ten o'clock and they'll tell you it's nine. You're looking at the clock and you can't even fathom why they're lying. They just lie because that's what they do.

Tell me, I forget, show me, I remember, involve me, I understand.

Anybody who plays golf will tell you that you play against yourself.

My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem. But they don't really know me.

New Jersey shaped who and what I am. Growing up in Jersey gave you all the advantages of New York, but you were in its shadow. Anyone who's come from here will tell you that same story.

I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.

These are the stories the Dogs tell, when the fires burn high and the wind is from the north.

You can't be too careful what you tell a child because you never know what he'll take hold of and spend the rest of his life remembering you by.

Many people tell me that they don 't know what to feel when they finish one of my books because the story was dark, or complicated, or strange. But while they were reading it, they were inside my world and they were happy. That's good.

Our job is only to hold up the mirror - to tell and show the public what has happened.

It is tragic that people who are incarcerated are unable to vote. They are probably the most important voices to listen to because they can tell us what we need to change.

I think a story should take as long to tell as it is appropriate to that particular story.

China is an old nation with a colourful history. Its booming economy has triggered an appetite and a curiosity around the world for its art and culture, one that continues to grow. I can, however, tell people that it is a show with no actor.

I'm happy to tell you that having been through surgery and chemotherapy and radiation, breast cancer is officially behind me. I feel absolutely great and I am raring to go.

I'm the worst person to tell anybody how to date.

The most challenging part of being a boss is that nobody will tell you if your work is suffering.