The only bipartisan place in D.C. is Brooks Brothers.

A lot of times, you feel like you're walking on eggshells in a creative environment, because everyone's having to watch out for egos so much of the time.

It's very rare to have rehearsal time on a television show: You get scripts, you show up, and you do it.

I always admire people who do commercials because they have to put together a beginning, a middle, and an end in 30 seconds.

There are things that can only be said with a good string of cussing. I'm definitely fond of a few choice words. They say things that nothing else can say. Gotta love it.

My family was very supportive of whatever I wanted because my grandfather was an opera singer. My dad's dad. So my dad has an appreciation for the arts, and he let me choose my own path.

If a D.C. event doesn't have crab cakes, it's low-rent and you need to flee.

I've had the opportunity to do a wide range of stuff, a lot of different characters and they've all had their own kind of thing.

Writing can be a source of strength-Wang Liang

Whatever else there may be in our nature, responsibility toward truth is one of its attributes.

When people tell you how young you look, they are also telling you how old you are.

He who experiences the unity of life sees his own self in all beings.

Ambition is an expensive impulse, one that requires an enormous investment of emotional capital. Like any investment, it can pay off in countless different kinds of coin.

A photographer's best work is, alas, generally done for himself.

He who requires urging to do a noble act will never accomplish it.

I wear a lot of boyish stuff, but I prefer to throw a fur coat on top just for the hell of it.

Don’t stretch yourself too much with a mortgage. Buy within your means. It’s not worth the sleepless nights.

We have to have genius creative thoughts precisely four times a year and on exact dates. I actually write them on my calendar. I write, 'Friday, Nov. 8. Three o'clock. Have a genius creative idea.'