American Quotes

I don't write the kind of 'happily ever after' that romance readers enjoy.

I certainly think we're going to see more and more graphic novels and more illustrated novels.

I believe if you write a great book, the chances are it'll get a great reception.

Gay rights is just one of the social issues I'm interested in. I think that people might be less tense about it if we would all accept the fact that not everyone is wired the same way.

For any writers at all, read everything you can and then put your butt in the chair and write. That's all there is to it.

Episcopalians are pretty thin on the ground in the central United States.

America is obsessed with youth. We all want to look young forever, and vampires do. They are caught in their prime, if that's when they've been turned. And they'll be that way forever.

Well, you know, writers just suck up new experiences - we're just like the vacuum cleaners of newness.

If it pleases you and you can write at all, it's gonna please somebody else.

The reward for success in St. Paul is eviction.

The best solution would be for the federal government to say, 'Yes, we do provide coverage and it's from day one.'

People would have a health care insurance policy they can call their own. They could choose one that exactly fits their families' needs and their budgets, be able to take that coverage with them from job to job and be able to fire their insurance company if it doesn't treat them well.

Maryland needs someone in Congress who will fight to create jobs, stop out-of-control government spending and defend small businesses.

Many counties in Maryland are above the average unemployment rate for both Maryland and the United States. We need representation in Congress who will make creating jobs the No. 1 priority so the people of Maryland can get back to work.

It was a simple question any employee should ask: 'Oh and by the way, how do I get my health insurance to be seamless?'

In Washington, I will never vote to raise taxes, I will fight to repeal healthcare reform, and I will work to balance the budget.

In 2010, we have to focus on electing a new Congress and in 2012 we have to focus on electing a new president.

Competition among insurers would bring down the cost of health care insurance, just as it brings down the cost of car or homeowners insurance.

Bring market forces to bear on health care insurers. Creating a health care 'exchange,' one of the better ideas included in House Bill 3200, creates affordable, accessible and portable insurance for millions of Americans.

An 'exchange' would allow everyone to choose their health care insurance from a broad range of options - just like federal employees and Congress do right now - and allow their employer to help pay for it.

That the poor are invisible is one of the most important things about them. They are not simply neglected and forgotten as in the old rhetoric of reform; what is much worse, they are not seen.

People who are much too sensitive to demand of cripples that they run races ask of the poor that they get up and act just like everyone else in the society.

Life is lived in common, but not in community.

It takes a certain level of aspiration before one can take advantage of opportunities that are clearly offered.

Clothes make the poor invisible. America has the best-dressed poverty the world has ever known.

If there is technological advance without social advance, there is, almost automatically, an increase in human misery.

Reality TV is a totally different animal than the infomercial world.

People must be realistic when evaluating their business.

Nothing turns off an investor more than when an entrepreneur comes in with a ridiculous valuation.

I've spent over 25 years in the television industry, the direct response industry. I met a lot of people and certainly learned the power of commercials and their brand building potential.