Then there is the further question of what is the relationship of thinking to reality. As careful attention shows thought itself is in an actual process of movement.

Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.

If you go into a relationship expecting someone else to fill you up you're doomed right off.

This week the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of for 100 years. People have been longing for this moment because it symbolises a turning point in China's relationship with the outside world.

It's one thing to have a relationship to lay your hands on it and another to make it continue and last. That's something I haven't talked about much in my comic strips and it's certainly something I'm interested in.

It's like a garden: Whatever you water the most will do the best. At some point you decide whether you'll water your career or your relationship more.

I certainly wanted to maintain some sense of mystery about Picard and that's why we never allowed certain situations to fully evolve like the relationship between Picard and Beverly Crusher.

My relationship to reality has been so utterly skewed for so long that I don't even notice it any more. It's just my reality.

I always say I'd rather be miserable by myself than unhappy in a relationship.

Most people have a passive relationship with music and clothes with culture. But music was my first contact with anything creative. Music is it as far as I'm concerned.