The players wanted more money higher salary caps and they didn't have that family relationship we felt with the players. Mentally the players were more businesslike.

I have to be in a relationship where I can say what I feel even if it's wrong - so we can work through it.

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.