If it's a story I'm telling, then I have control over the ending... But if it's a story, even in my head, I must be telling it to someone. You don't ….

God works powerfully, but for the most part gently and gradually..

I like the TV format. I like how fast it is..

Make my happiness--I will make yours..

You just have to learn to get really good at choosing your moments and making sure that your story isn't overwhelmed by the effects, and that your em….

My favorite novels allow me to imagine the characters afterward and what happened, and that I've witnessed a really great story, where the world goes….

I'm consistently telling stories about the value of the human condition and connectedness and things like that..

We are storied folk. Stories are what we are; telling and listening to stories is what we do..

Dedicate yourself to expressing your best..

Ruthless concern with story is what I learned in television..

[I]n his presence I thoroughly lived..

I'm never sure why I do anything, to tell you the truth..

That's what was great about him. He tried. Not many do..

When we have not the strength or the courage to grasp a new truth, we persuade ourselves that it is not a truth at all..

A success unshared is a failure..

Psychology is ultimately mythology, the study of the stories of the soul..

I've never been fired in my life..

Newt Gingrich wrote a novel, and he's a short story. Bill Clinton wrote a biography, and he's a novel..

Whatever you do, you're going to be criticized..

Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hidden..

I'd love to have a family -- sometime in the future..