There's only one note you ever get in broadcast and that's clarity.

Let's not forget how beautiful simply washing dishes can be.

In a book you can really talk about ideas and themes and characters in a deeper way than you can even on the screen.

Some roads you shouldn't go down. Because maps used to say there were dragons here. Now they don't. But that don't mean the dragons aren't there.

There's still nothing like a book to really make you feel like you've disappeared into a world.

If I have to write on an airplane or get up early to write or write late, you just gotta sit down. When you have the time, you have to be able to do it.

It's good to be unexpected with it.

My feeling has always been if you entertain people, they give you permission to do more on a thematic or character level.

In the TV business, you've got to write fast, and someone will tell you, "Can you rewrite this episode before... 6 p.m.?" So that's when you rewrite it. You can't wait for the muse to show up.

In this way he used her as the North Star on a journey where you always want to go south. It was helpful, aligning himself in this way. It gave him something to tune to, like a violin to a piano.

Art exists not inside the piece itself, but inside the mind of the viewer.

There are no tyrants if there are no slaves.

There are times in life when you must seclude yourself and battle your thoughts. There are also times when you must call in the troops. The key is knowing when to make the call.

The light music of whisky falling into glasses made an agreeable interlude.

I have always been free with my love - it is my nature. I am easily captivated by men and they have always been attracted to me.

I think, by and large, the way big social change happens is every individual person taking on whatever little piece they can take on.

Pain is such an important thing in life. I think that as an artist you have to experience suffering.

Don't chase the paper, chase the dream.

Tribes makes our lives better, and leading a tribe is the best life of all.

We've got to make the small things unforgettable.

The real aim of music is to co-ordinate the minds of the people into an intelligent reach for a better world and an intelligent approach to the living future.