"As they say, one thing led to another, and, ultimately, the British and Irish governments asked me to serve as chairman of the peace negotiations, which ironically began six years ago this week."

"When I went to college, my goal was to be a college history teacher. I majored in history."

"I had been involved in U.S. intelligence in Berlin, Germany, while in the military and had worked with a contact with the Central Intelligence Agency office there."

"In the spring of 1994 I decided not to seek reelection to the Senate. I had made the decision 12 years earlier, Christmas Day of 1982, just after I had been first elected to a full term, that I would do the best I could for a limited time."

"A boy's story is the best that is ever told."

"In the book of Colossians, it talks about that because of what Christ did, we are pure. We are without judgment on ourselves. And only through him can we do something like this."

"I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams."

"Age appears to be best in four things old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read."