There was no one to blame but the mighty, ruthless stranger. Thus was complexity reduced to demonology, which is a defining feature of anti-Americanism, anti-Semitism, or, indeed, any "anti-ism.

Defying History and Theory: The United States as the 'Last Remaining Superpower,'

There's an old American saying that says you can't beat somebody with nobody.

When you’re kind to people, and you pay attention, you make a field of comfort around them, and you get it back—the Golden Rule meets the Law of Karma meets Murphy’s Law.

We're drowning in information and starving for knowledge.

And Clinton was like that - he saw the whole playing field. He didn't just see the event that he was at or the circumstances of that week or that month. He saw the whole playing field all the time.

Character is the one thing we make in this world and take with us into the next.

Some people more than others, they take things very seriously.

The Oscar prestige was fine, but I worked more before I was nominated.

I'd like to write a big rock anthem again. I just need to listen to Korn, and then I might get the idea of how to do it.

New York Fashion Week comes only twice a year, make it count

There are two ways to wake up. You can wake up thinking about what you know, or you wake up thinking and saying 'What can I learn?.' That's a very different approach.