When you don't know anything about it and read a section of this book, you think, 'wow, I didn't know that.' But when you have someone who knows more about it and can point out flaws in evidence, after awhile you learn how to do it yourself.

When I read it, I don't wince, which is all I ever ask for a book I write.

When you read a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in YOU than there was before.

Lord of the Rings was something I always wanted to do. I read the book when I was about 25, and I was always hoping if it was ever made into a feature film that I would be involved in some way. And then I finally got it, and I was over the moon. It was fantastic news.

If you're a coach from another section and you read that, you've got to think it's a misprint. Thirteen? Nobody ever does that.

I think most students come in knowing what to expect. They've heard about the class and about me.