Mostly what ends up inspiring me and affecting my work are books by authors that I love.

I think that under ordinary circumstances (i.e., neither person is famous), it's already hard enough to make a long-term romantic relationship work, but add fame to the calculus.

One thing the passage of time has shown me is that you never know how you'll behave in a situation until you're in that situation yourself.

So much of what determines our happiness, I believe, is who we choose as our intimates.

Unless I'm writing trying to write about a historical figure, I don't really set out to read or research with a specific topic in mind.

The effects of fame on the not-famous people who are close to a celebrity - this is definitely a topic that continues to interest me.

Thirty years ago, the Pandora's box of the Internet wasn't yet a fact of life, and celebrities inhabited a more remote, hard-to-reach plane.

Sometimes I do work on a longer manuscript in tandem with one or two shorter pieces - whether it's a short story or an essay (though I don't write many of the latter).

By 'intelligence' we mean every sort of information about the enemy and his country - the basis, in short, of our own plans and operations.

My theatrical background was in the great work of the South African playwright Athol Fugard.

My team in Orlando was a team full of people who nobody wanted, and I was the leader and I led that team with a smile on my face.

The science of mathematics presents the most brilliant example of how pure reason may successfully enlarge its domain without the aid of experience

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

It is entirely possible that Limbaugh himself never needed contraception in college, but virtue in the absence of opportunity is hardly a moral triumph.

It often runs in families," she remarked: "just as a love for pastry does.

Ninety percent of what's wrong with you could be cured with a hot bath, says God from the bowels of the subway. but we want magic, to win the lottery we never bought a ticket for.

It's only after their death that people are truly appreciated. It's because they are true to values.

I will say that art may well be the only thing that lasts, so I guess it's worth trying.