I'm not sure running the press has changed how I write (though perhaps it has in ways I can't see), but it has certainly changed my relationship to how books get made.

I sense people expect something to show for ten years. But I do feel like it is dense. Some of my own favorite books are slim, but there's a lot of weight and power in them.

It's interesting, editing can be so immersive for me that I've noticed that the authors I edit have a pretty profound effect on how I hear language for a while.

…wisely mingled poetry and prose.

The real destination lies in step taking!

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.

I just think I love the process of making films. It's not tortuous for me at all. I love being with my crew. I love actors. There's a joy to the process.

There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.

We need modern ideas, but we also need ancient wisdom. If we deny ancient wisdom we are making a big mistake.

I don't know if you have ever seen the Woody Allen film 'Annie Hall,' but it is, in a way, to Los Angeles and 'Hollywood' what 'This Is Spinal Tap' is to many musicians.

When a French book becomes an international hit it is because of the author and not because of the language. The same goes for movies.

I won't patronize you by saying I know how you feel-every tragedy is different, and personal.

The duty of a journalist is the duty of a watchman.