was it possible that i was, in the modern term, in denial?.

Having the audience know more than the characters is precisely where you want to be in terms of drama. You can engage them much more when that is the….

The civil servant is primarily the master of the short-term solution..

I definitely do things on my terms, it may not seem that way but I actually do..

When you're on a movie and the production department says, "We need old photographs of you - your character - when you were 20-years-old." I usually ….

If we can't meet with our friends, I don't know how we're going to lead the world in terms of dealing with critical issues like terrorism..

You get to define the terms of your life..

The dictionary is a closed system in which someone interested in the meaning of a word can go around and around and end up exactly where he started, ….

You can't explain the unknown in terms of the incomprehensible..

Survival in the conventional sense of the term means to continue to live, but also to live after death..

Reporters tend to launch on what seems to be the clearest, most stark aspects of someone's life in terms of an interview..

I'd tried enough to know that anything long term wasn't going to work..

I think, historically, the term 'Thatcherism' will be seen as a compliment..

I usually think in terms of music.

[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better..

But coming to terms with one’s sorrow is one thing; sharing it with strangers is quite another..

Novels–and memoirs–are perhaps the most comprehensive reports humans can deliver, of their private experiences, to other humans. In these terms there….

The forcings that drive long-term climate change are not known with an accuracy sufficient to define future climate change..

I love Italian food but that's too generic a term for what's available now: you have to narrow it down to Tuscan, Sicilian, and so on..

Boring' can be a lot of fun. Especially if it's on your own terms..

You can't just pay attention to the short term, you just have to keep publishing..