I guess I've always been an aspiring novelist. I went to Princeton and wrote a novel for my thesis.

I'm one of three brothers.

Her lips were like the soft beauty of a delicately designed silken scarf.

I'm a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy.

I feel like a centrist, an issue-specific person. I'm pretty conservative fiscally and pretty liberal on social issues.

I've always wanted to write a novel. It's overwhelming and daunting, and it's one of those things that every writer fantasizes about doing.

Listening takes practice, and it takes patience. But I promise, if you listen, your story will be better for it.

Where I came from, no one was a writer.

In a novel, the relationship between writer and reader is such a pure one.

In a novel, the only budgetary limitations are that of your imagination.

I have a ways to go as a novelist. But what's great is, well, I frankly enjoyed the solitude. And I enjoyed being able to tell characters what to say and do without negotiating with an actor.

Vilify! Vilify! Some of it will always stick.

I've always said that at the end of the day, on a legal issue, I think a wise old woman and a wise old man are going to reach the same conclusion.

To die with glory, if one has to die at all, is still, I think, pain for the dier.

Dreams can come true there [Los Angeles]in ways impossible anywhere else, and they can get destroyed as well.

With some basic skills, ambition and persistence, then there is little limit to what you can achieve, and by trying you can often surprise yourself.

Why must women stay quietly? Why must we be little moons, each of us stuck in our little orbit, revolving around a planet that is some man? Why can't we be other planets? Why must we be moons?

Sometimes you're the windshield; sometimes you're the bug.

Total, unconditional acceptance of yourself is the first step in building a positive self-image.

Sometimes we just need a space that gives us permission to be the best, most full version of our artistic selves, and we flourish.

Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.