I cannot get close to any you..

In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the particular sect or denomination of the candidate-look to his character..

The Point of Power Is in the Present..

Americans like warm characters. It's why, no matter what he did in the early days, they kind of resonated to Bill Clinton because he seems like a guy….

When I first went to Pittsburgh, I had never been there before, and we hadn't even decided to shoot there yet. I just went to see the location of Mic….

The cognitive therapy that takes place in the film Antichrist is a form of therapy that I have used for some time, and it has to do with confronting ….

But on stage you're able to just take the character from one point to the end and it's a fluid, organic piece. It's about being completely present al….

In independent film you tend to have stories that involve more of a community, and the smaller characters are important to the story..

It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I c….

Fiction has consisted either of placing imaginary characters in a true story, which is the Iliad, or of presenting the story of an individual as havi….

Straight ahead you can't go very far..

It's really important to visit a site you are writing about. Even if you know it well, even if you have lived there, it's important to take a fresh l….

The challenge is creating a character that's rich and interesting to warrant following for a number of years..

Someone once asked me what was the weirdest question I was ever asked. And I was stymied..

I'm all about the crockpot..

When you look at "American Crime" and you have the character Terri LaCroix is a pharmaceutical executive - why does that character always have to be ….

Aging is no accident. It is necessary to the human condition, intended by the soul. We become more characteristic of who we are simply by lasting i….

I always wanted to be a writer! But I wanted to do other things, too - be a psychologist, a librarian, et cetera. Now Ive decided that reading fictio….

Never try to fit a target audience. Write what is true to the characters in their settings and the audience will find you..

If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is able to study his personal unconscious..

When I went to the University of Iowa in order to be a writer, I thought, This is the worst way to learn how to write. To sit in a room with a bunch ….