What’s old doesn’t need to be old-fashioned. It gets reborn.

Not watching TV gets me in a lot of trouble in my household because my wife and daughter have a lot of shows they like to watch.

Ireland starts for me with the end of The Dead, which my father read to me from his desk in his basement office in New Albany, Ind.

We live in such constant nearness to the abyss of past time that the moment is endlessly sucked into.

Reporting provides reminders that things are always more complicated than you think.

It is a curious fact that the word essayist showed up in English before it existed in French.

At GQ, there was never a temptation to pander or preach to the choir because I had no concept of who the reader was or what that reader might want.

Freaky things happen all the time in the world. I suppose everything has to happen for the first time at some point.

The city of Cork - the urban center, where all the shops and bars and everything are - is actually an island, a river island.

A good writer wants from us — or has no right to ask more than — intelligence, good faith and time.

I'm just saying, take courage. That and pretty much that alone is never the incorrect thing to do.

The barrier standing between you and the life you are capable of living is a lack of consistent execution. Effective execution will set you free. It is the path to accomplish the things you desire.

I was deeply distressed that the cartoons were seen by many Muslims as an attempt by Denmark to mark and insult or behave disrespectfully towards Islam or the Prophet Mohammed.

If your wife went out with Brad Pitt, you'd want to prove yourself, you know what I mean?

Ive always been really artistic. I went to an all-girls private Catholic school, and one of their biggest things was musical theater. I became obsessed with that.

It is thought and feeling which guides the universe, not deeds.

I admire anyone that follows the road less travelled.

I don't need legitimization to take part in Israeli productions; I am a good actress. To work in Israel is a financial investment for me. I do it for emotional, not artistic, reasons.

I guess even when you can see everything, some things will always be a surprise.

We need to elect leaders who understand that leadership is about loving and serving people, not about self-advancement.

War is the only game in which both sides lose.