The first need of a free people is to define their own terms..

Beware how you contradict prejudices, even knowing them to be such, for the generality of people are much more tenacious of their prejudices than of ….

Interviewing somebody is a lot different than being handed a stick in a 20,000-seat arena and trying to sell tickets. You're very green when you star….

You have to create the space for the possibility of people speaking as they do. If writing is supposed to lead us in any way or educate or suggest ot….

You cannot write down how people are good; you just know it, and cannot get away from it..

The reality is the majority of people are talking about it, but haven't launched it..

It is in the highest interests of the devil to persuade the world that religious people are disagreeable..

I work at my life and I cultivate myself and don't spend six hours in a gym. Some people would say I should but why?.

One of the most interesting results was part of a study my students and I conducted dealing with status in email correspondence. Basically, we discov….

One of the things I've had to struggle with is that part of what people find critically and curatorially questionable in my work is that I try to mak….

Boredom is only for boring people with no imagination..

It's a business of relationships. I mean that's exactly what Hollywood is to me, and I'm lucky enough to work with the same people over and over agai….

Comfort and solace come about differently for different people..

To say that a person feels listened to means a lot more than just their ideas get heard. It's a sign of respect. It makes people feel valued..

I carry music in my head, so I don't need more. It drives me nuts that, in hotels or on boats, people seem to think you need music 24 hours a day..

I play computer games, watch TV and do what normal people do..

I feel for young people today. When I came out of law school, yes, we were broke, we had kids, we had problems. But it was straightforward. I didn't ….

Some people say that we here have no freedom of religion, ... In reality, the people in that country are the ones who were forced to embrace a religi….

The period right before punk rock where people like Lou Reed and Iggy Pop were really strong..

I am interested in people, and I am interested enough in people that I want to be friends with a lot of people and know about their lives. So I'm not….

I wanted Raging Bull. I wanted Casino. I got Rocky and Bullwinkle. But that's OK, because I still get to tell people I've worked with Robert DeNiro..