Quitting for my health was my No. 1 goal. And I started thinking I was blowing money out the window.

Quitting for my health was my No. 1 goal. And I started thinking I was blowing money out the window.

[After working constantly in the 1980s, Armstrong tried his hand at screenwriting in the 1990s. With writing partner John Doolittle, read more

[After working constantly in the 1980s, Armstrong tried his hand at screenwriting in the 1990s. With writing partner John Doolittle, he sold several scripts but none ended up on the screen.] It occurred to me after a while -- I didn't understand why I was setting myself up for two careers where I was going to be rejected, ... You can do it all right with one, but come on.

We're going to need to see follow-through from Intel. Good news from Intel could set a tone and start to read more

We're going to need to see follow-through from Intel. Good news from Intel could set a tone and start to give those that were most fearful about the outlook for chip stocks less reason to be concerned.

To threaten people and to accuse a country because a newspaper has published some cartoons or some information that could read more

To threaten people and to accuse a country because a newspaper has published some cartoons or some information that could be interpreted as offensive for one group or another is completely inappropriate.

Historically that (bass) number is way, way down. The same with threadfin — their numbers are up, but it's still read more

Historically that (bass) number is way, way down. The same with threadfin — their numbers are up, but it's still way, way down from historic levels.

It's common for fissures to occur, in the last days of any administration. Many leaders no longer feel beholden to read more

It's common for fissures to occur, in the last days of any administration. Many leaders no longer feel beholden to the governor. They're also concerned about their next election -- and carrying the albatross of the previous administration.

Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is read more

Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.

It would be a very foolish person who made any kind of judgement from how he answered tabloid questions at read more

It would be a very foolish person who made any kind of judgement from how he answered tabloid questions at a press conference,

If you weren't shooting, you were rehearsing lines or a song or pre-recording a song.

If you weren't shooting, you were rehearsing lines or a song or pre-recording a song.