Writing a biography is not a love affair. It’s not a marriage. It’s a job, it’s a piece of work.

Some cynical biographer said to me, Make sure it's a good death. Make sure you're not picking someone who just declined.

The discovery of purpose is in connection to activities that inspires you the most.

Clever gimmicks of mass distraction yield a cheap soulcraft of addicted and self-medicated narcissists.

But I love you, sir: And when a woman says she loves a man, The man must hear her, though he love her not.

Remember the pain?' thought Artemis. I hate myself. I really do.

Start believing bigger, dreaming bigger & expecting bigger.

I think when you do a season of television you go into it going I'd like the season premiere needs to be amazing. The season finale needs to be amazing.

My priorities are my friends and my family.

There is this church that I go to a lot in New York. I'm not religious but I love lighting candles and stuff. I find it useful.

I think it's ultimately inhuman to only see things for their functionality. We want things to be more than that. The desire for beauty is something that's in us, and it's not trivial.

A fault is sooner found than mended.