In a story you had to find a reason, but real life gets on very well without even Freudian motivations.

I was very lighthearted. This often the way when the abandonment of personal responsibility is enforced: neither wronged innocence or just guilt can seriously impair the sensation of freedom one has.

People don't want to know. They have to be made to know. Whether they act on what they know is up to them. But they have to know.

There is only one kind of immorality in fiction, and that is when you write badly.

The danger of memory is that it can turn anyone into a prophet.

A man who serves language, however imperfectly, should always serve truth.

I can't accept that a work of fiction should be either immoral or moral. It should merely show the world as it is and have no moral bias.

Man does not ask for nightmares, he does not ask to be bad. He does not will his own willfulness.

...I expected a gift, you know, something nice and useless...

Just sit down and write! Me circa 2009

...The lies we tell, and let ourselves believe, in the name of love.The first thing you should know is that everyone lies. The second thing is that it matters.

Life without a phone is riskier, lonelier, more vivid.

I want my children to see me first every morning, so I wake up at 5 and make sure to shower and exercise before they get up.

I think fitness is important. I think a healthy lifestyle is important. I think putting positive energy out there is important and just staying connected with the people.

Not all civil servants admire strong political leadership. But if you want to change things for the better you need strong political leadership.

With women, the heart argues, not the mind.

Play your part in life, but never forget it is only a role.

Well, let's be clear, I'm the only one on the stage who actually has a five-year budget that balances.

My musical career was an accident.