I can clear a dinner table in less than 60 seconds, moaning like a dockyard Elijah about the deficit and the inevitable reckoning.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think when you take forever off the table, it does something really interesting to what you think is important. There's something a little freeing about it.
Once I had learnt my twelve times table (at the age of three) it was downhill all the way.
This deficit that we have threatens our very way of life, and everything needs to be on the table.
I hope we can get back to what I call the kitchen table. Everyday issues that people are really worried about and focused on.
I'm always amazed by writers who say, 'Oh you know I had a half hour so I sat down and wrote a little bit.' I just need a real big chunk of time to sit down and focus. That's my process.
When people realize they're being heard, and have a seat at the table, things seem to work out.
What we do at its very, very best, at its very, very most, will shift us slightly in our seat. If only for two hours, great. If for the rest of our lives, even better.
I always need huge amounts of time to do anything.
When I'm in the midst of finishing a book, I can be working around the clock.
When I carve out time to game, it's because I rationalize that I 'deserve it,' so I relish every minute of that 2-3 hour session.