My dad actually taught me how to do the catwalk because he used to do modeling. He taught me how to do that little swivel at the end.

Unpacking books is a revelatory activity.

Their [cats] effortless passing between the wild and domestic worlds suggests the kind of grace we need as a species to move between nature and culture.

I tend to think that good and evil exist and that the quantity in each of us is unchangeable. The moral character of people is set, fixed until death.

You're insane, but you're my kind of man.

Real champions fight through adversity.

A banjo will get you through times of no money, but money won't get you through times of no banjo

The Coastal Plain of Alaska has great potential for energy development. Americans have paid record-high prices for oil and gas in the year 2005.

As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be Jazz.

I always write and create. I'm never not creating. I'm always creating a show, every year, whether it gets picked up or not. I always sell a pilot or an idea. I like to be in control.

I like to have fulsome discussions on every topic. What happens if you lose this show? What would you do? We have to look at every hypothesis.