Failure or success seem to have been allotted to men by their stars. But they retain the power of wriggling, of fighting with their star or against it, and in the whole universe the only really interesting movement is this wriggle. – E.M. Forster
The last thing I want my child to see is Dad running around in the middle of the pack. That would really upset me. And that would upset him. I would be embarrassed to take him to school with kids saying, Hey, howd your dad do this weekend? Well, he finished fifth or sixth. – Dan Wheldon
Because at bottom, Im interested in fear, and in courage and cowardice and these are easier to get at through fiction, where you can enter peoples heads. – Kevin Patterson