A writer who is afraid to overreach himself is as useless as a general who is afraid to be wrong.

A man has to have something he can put faith in. Can't you see that? What I want is someone that will love me

Entering a library, I am always stuck by the way in which a certain vision of the world is imposed upon the reader through its categories and its order.

It was, of course, another test. Everything in human life was a test. That was why they all looked so stressed out.

I spent my time very nicely in many ways, but not fully satisfactory. Then I became Professor in France, but realized that I was not - for the job that I should spend my life in.

The plate tectonics of media have shifted where NBC had to become a new media company from an old media company.

It doesn't matter how many they kill," I told him. "And it's not awesome-it's wrong." "Then why do you talk about them all the time?" asked Max. "Because wrong is interesting.

In L.A., I have more of a yard existence, and so I enjoy walking my two little dogs in New York - one's a Maltese and the other's a Shih Tzu.

You can try to pin me down with a hundred thousand arms, but I will find a way to resist

I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones.

We learn to fly not by being fearless, but by the daily practice of courage.