“Asking someone to be with us turns out to be an impossibly demanding a...” — Alain de Botton Quote

“Asking someone to be with us turns out to be an impossibly demanding and therefore pretty mean thing to suggest to anyone we would really want the best for.”

“I always feel that I am writing for somebody who is bright but impatient. Someone who doesn't have unlimited time. That is my sense of the reader. So I have got to get to the point.”

“Status anxiety definitely exists at a political level. Many Iraqis were annoyed with the US essentially for reasons of status: for not showing them respect, for humiliating them.”

“When you're young, it's hard to see the reality behind such a demanding career, but I loved it, and I couldn't see myself doing anything else. So in my mind, from the minute I had to seriously start thinking about my future, I knew musical theatre was it for me.”

“My father was a difficult and demanding man.”

“You go through playoff series and people forget about them. Nobody forgets about a Rangers-Devils series. It's demanding.”