When I looked at a map in town, Rhode Island seemed lost up there in the corner. A state so small and crowded, there didn't seem to be room for a person at all.

He was agitated for some reason that he could not name. (page 35)

I realize that it's not that difficult to remember what people like, especially when you care about them.

I hate being placed on committees. They are always having meetings at which half are absent and the rest late.

I think auditioning can be very reductive and I just hate how actors work really hard and most of them aren't going to get the job, and I hate putting them through that.

When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self.

There is no way to turn off this global economy, nor should one try. Every previous expansion of global capitalism has led to greater prosperity across the world.

Under Bill Clinton we had a roaring economy that looked really good.

For me, a garden is peace of mind. It immediately takes my mind off the thing I'm puzzling about in my work and gives me repose.

The laws of cricket tell of the English love of compromise between a particular freedom and a general orderliness, or legality.

The Romanovs are overtaken by the Indian Maharajahs as American heiresses pick over the carcasses of fallen Empire.