Sometimes when you're with somebody, and all their stuff is at your house, it's so hard to break up with them. You don't know what they're going to w….

I imagined it. I wrote it. But I guess I never thought I'd see it..

There is no one else - there's never been anyone else but you. You're it Maddie..

The beginning is the chiefest part of any work..

But the thing that will always occupy me the most is music..

if a builder builds a house and the house falls and kills some one in the house the owners may kill the builder..

How could I stand by and watch my house on fire?.

The Monica Lewinsky scandal was happening at the very time I was writing the West Wing pilot and it was hard, at least for Americans, to look at the ….

When times change, so must we..

We're here because we want to go to the Orient House. We're here because this is our city. It's an occupied city, I know. They have arms, they have w….

No matter what happens, you always need someone else to look after you at the end..

I tend to eat geographically. When I'm in L.A., I like to eat L.A. food..

Truth resides where there is faith..

It is hidden but always present..

I get thousands of requests for mentorship, but they don't offer anything in return, like filing, cleaning my house, or something. All too often, it'….

I'm not just another bimbo..

terrorism is interesting to a novelist because it's a crime that's driven by an idea, as opposed to some kind of base materialist impulse. It's not l….

You don't have to like everybody, but you have to love everybody..

Failure is part of success..

You must choose a road for yourself..

I was very aware of being younger than everybody on set..