Proving one's freedom will often mean insisting on the most arbitrary, odd, unrepeatable aspects of one's behavior.

The Bell System is like a damn big dragon. You kick it in the tail and two years later it feels it in its head.

Hatred is an affair of the heart contempt that of the head.

And it was like knocking four quick times on the door of unhappiness.

PITIFUL, adj. The state of an enemy or opponent after an imaginary encounter with oneself.

One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.

But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other is infinite.

We need more young women who love sports even when their boyfriend/husband isn't making them watch!

Sometimes as an actor you're struggling to make things work. That was never the case for me with [Big Little Lies script]. It just kind of flowed out.

[Cancer] didn't make me more intense about not working more and just having fun more. It didn't do that either.

I love to be surprised.