I want a documentary to crest by being voted on by 6000 people who are in the business of telling stories.

I do less-fanciful reality. I celebrate the fat, the ugly, the women who can't get guys. I'm not trying to entertain you; I'm trying to make you passionate.

I am grieved that these continuing stories are everyday matters swept away.

I'm an instant responder. Somebody told me I'm a living Twitter. I'm quick to respond and quick to fill air.

To me, I read good reviews in lots of papers and bad reviews in lots of papers.

There will come a time when everybody will know why, for what purpose, there is all this suffering, and there will be no more mysteries. But now we must live ... we must work, just work!

If you can lie, you can act, and if you can lie to crazy girlfriends, you can act under pressure.

It’s amazing how many coincidences occur when one begins to pray.

Competitiveness demands flexibility, choice and openness - or Europe will fetch up in a no-man's land between the rising economies of Asia and market-driven North America.

Obama's major accomplishment is himself. This can be an effective argument to make to undecided voters and something Obama has to artfully address.

Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.

The greatness of the human personality begins at the hour of birth.

You've got to capture an audience. You don't go out there and just sing, or just play. If you can't capture an audience, you might as well not be out there.

The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive