I don't think that a leader can control to any great extent his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction.

People change over the years and that changes situations for good and for bad.

Strong characters are brought out by change of situation and gentle ones by permanence.

If you're in a bad situation don't worry it'll change. If you're in a good situation don't worry it'll change.

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

Normally in dangerous situations I have a getaway car.

I have mentally overcome situations most of you would be terrified to ever attempt: heights fire needles spiders snakes angry monkeys being shot being hit by a car going blind - you name it I have been in a situation where I have had to mentally overcome my inherent fears to do my job.

People and squirrels are very different. Most people will not argue that. But I find that there is one situation in which they're very similar. And that is: when I am driving towards them in my car. Then they're kind of hard to tell apart - especially if the human is kind of hairy.

A transfer of money should never be involved in this profound situation. Although illness is profound too but medicine's a business today. It's a business.

I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized.