One of the interesting things about having little musical knowledge is that you generate surprising results sometimes you move to places you wouldn't if you knew better.

Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.

The danger of having the military take over intelligence is that the military has a very different perspective on the world.

The terrorist uses surprise and stealth and the only way to defeat that is by having accurate and timely intelligence.

Here's the teaching point if you're teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does not absolve policymakers of responsibility to ask tough questions and it doesn't absolve them of having curiosity about the consequences of their actions.

The security of the United States which is so dependent on having accurate and timely intelligence is not a Republican or a Democratic issue.

A child who has never fantasized about having other parents is seriously lacking in imagination.

People who think my books are autobiographical which they're not credit me with having a much better memory than I do. I do however have a powerful imagination.

It's a great excuse and luxury having a job and blaming it for your inability to do your own art. When you don't have to work you are left with the horror of facing your own lack of imagination and your own emptiness. A devastating possibility when finally time is your own.

Imagination comes of not having things.

Another side to me is this very sexual being. When I look back on my life it's always been there. It's been there since I was 10 years old having the imagination that I had.

Musicals are by nature theatrical meaning poetic meaning having to move the audience's imagination and create a suspension of disbelief by which I mean there's no fourth wall.

Having imagination it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that if you were unimaginative would take you only a minute.

The combination of landing the biggest interview of my career and having a drill in my back reminds me that God only gives us what we can handle and that it helps to have a good sense of humor when we run smack into the absurdity of life.

I don't think it's possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor.

Having a sense of humor has served me more than it has hurt me - just in the sense that it has allowed me to keep my sanity.

Being a Hot Mom means being respected as a mom and a woman. And the key to being a Hot Mom is having a sense of humor about yourself and all the crazy situations that arise.

Next year I hope there will be even more parties lots of holidays and just having a good time really. Plus wing-walking air shows and learning to fly as they are all things I want to do. I won't be restricted by age.

The other day I got a text from a boy but it wasn't hot. I mean if you're going to text me every day you haven't seen me for months and you're trying to seduce me you'd better spice up that text and make it more exciting than 'How was your day? I hope you're having a beautiful one.' Sadly I haven't been doing a lot of kissing lately.

That's what's nice about directing a film and having it done: There's nothing more I can do about it. It's done. That's it. All I can do is let it go and hope that people are kind to it.

Most of me was glad when my mother died. She was a handful but not in a cute festive way. More in a life-threatening way that had caused me a long time ago to give up all hope of ever feeling good about having had her as a mother.

But groundless hope like unconditional love is the only kind worth having.

Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for.

When he is late for dinner and I know he must be either having an affair or lying dead in the street I always hope he's dead.