I didn't mind walking into danger on my own. Not the concept of it, anyway.

Having friends was weird . . . but in a good way.

It figured my family would get along better with Clark than they did me.

The man was a bully. A bully who'd elevated himself to a high-level position, but a bully just the same. No amount of flattery would change how I saw him.

He listens when I talk.

This was the first time I had not just rushed in and followed my instincts, and it wasn't working out. I was beginning to actively regret it.

Sometimes, if you have faith in people they'll surprise you. Mom and Dad taught me that. Risk is the price of believing most people want to be good.

For the most part, I did trust my own judgement. But I was more than capable of screwing up. Just, sometimes, I forgot about that in my quest to move forward.

Lesson: Never underestimate a woman. Or a chef.

The thrill of working in this building, with its iconic globe on top, would never fade.

We cherish reprobates, not for their cruelty, but for their little show of patronage.

PhD, MFA, self-taught—the only things you must have to become a writer are the stamina to continue and a wily, cagey heart in the face of extremity, failure, and success.

It's not as if you can act bigger to fit the surroundings or the budget more. Whatever, it just doesn't work that way.

I'm taking my talents to South Beach.

Neiman-Marcus is one thing, and the Dallas Cowboys are another.

My job, is to show folks there's a lot of good music in this world, and if used right it may help to save the planet.

If you start acting and you start thinking about and worrying about what other people are going to say about it, you'll never really fully commit to who it is and what it is that you're playing.

I've been able to do things that allow me to hold my head up and still be popular.

Politics always change. Stories never do.

I can't ever remember not wanting to be a scientist.