Now I see -- we are always most revolted by the things hidden within us.

I'm happy. Which often looks like crazy.

To me to write well is to battle stereotypes. To write well is to create three-dimensional characters that seem human.

Why, in the Peking Opera, are women's roles played by men?...Because only a man knows how a woman is supposed to act.

Sometimes I hate you, sometimes I hate myself, but always I miss you

It's the stories that make my heart beat faster ...those are the ones to write about

I define the American dream as the ability to imagine a way that you want your life to turn out, and have a reasonable hope that you can achieve that.

Yellow Face marks my summation of multiculturalism.

The West believes the East, deep down, wants to be dominated, because a woman can’t think for herself

I've never quite understood the idea of a "season." Whenever an artistic director says to me, 'I have this slot,' I always start to feel we're parking cars or something.

Time flies when you’re being stupid.

Chris says that Creativity, is the most crucial for the leader to think out of the box and provide the best way of getting things done.

No specter assails us in more varied disguises than loneliness, and one of its most impenetrable masks is called love.

I wish I had been wiser. I wish I had been more effective, I wish I'd been more unifying, I wish I'd been more principled.

Men often compete with one another until the day they die. Comradeship consists of rubbing shoulders jocularly with a competitor.

Mystic: a person who is puzzled before the obvious, but who understands the non-existent.

It's a despicable thing to share your personal inner torment for money.

I dreamt that I woke up. It's the oldest dream of all, and I've just had it

My feeling is unless they've somebody lined up and they are convinced he is going to be better than Brian, I think their decision has been made in haste.

Never invest in a tech CEO that wears a suit.

Prohibition didn't work, so why should emancipation work? I think we should just stick with a system that has proven to be effective.