The important thing is for the characters to feel real, and to be given the humanity they are due. That granting of humanity is what separates a full portrait from a stereotype.

Remember that at any given moment there are a thousand things you can love.

Life tells you to take the elevator, but love tells you to take the stairs.

Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen.

The older I get, the more I lose my ability to breathe.

A photograph it a souvenir of a memory. It is not a moment. It is the looking at the photograph that becomes the moment. Your own moment.

The words that matter always stay.

motif, n. You don’t love me as much as I love you. You don’t love me as much as I love you. You don’t love me as much as I love you.

It was a mistake," you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you.

You have to believe there are kisses and laughs and risks worth taking.

Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying you’re friends is easy. Being friends is not.

Imitation is criticism.

I miss it if I’m not in it for any length of time

Berkshireis not as good as it was in terms of percentage compounding [going forward], but it's still a hell of a business.

By what you do, you teach your children how to respond to difficult information.

I want to make sure that everybody understands that the alt-right is real. It is truly terrifying, in my opinion.

The line between good and evil is movable and it's permeable.

America Held Hostage won 24 Emmys for ABC News, but someone forgot to include my name on the list of people responsible for the show.

These human experiments have gone largely unchallenged and unquestioned by Congress, the medical profession, and the scientific community at large.

I'm afraid I'm elected.