Simple things don't interest me.

I grew up acutely aware of the exile and distance caused by war.

There is no real way to deal with everything we lose.

Our tainted world looms within us, every one.

Sometimes you can lock the doors and close the blinds, but the monsters are still there inside your house, sleeping and breathing and just waiting to wake up and terrorize you all over again.

Losses are comparative imagination only makes them of any moment.

In a landscape where a 2.8 [demo rating] keeps you on the air, you can maintain that just by treating your fans with respect.

A man who does not love praise is not a full man.

All my life I knew I would have a big business. That’s what I wanted from the time I was in second grade; there was never a doubt in my mind.

Pass no rash condemnation on other peoples words or actions.

No amount of intelligence can save you from stupidity.

At that point, there will be the handover between the shuttle arm and the station arm so that the shuttle arm will take the cradle and put it into the cargo bay.