What matters most in politics is personality. It's not issues it's not image. It's who you are and what you represent.

The principles behind explaining and educating the product or the elected official is similar, even though the actual execution of it is very, very different.

It's not what you say, it's what people hear.

A compelling story, even if factually inaccurate, can be more emotionally compelling than a dry recitation of the truth.

It is acceptable to bring someone to tears if it explains to them in an emotional way why a product, a service, or a candidate is the right person, is the right thing to do.

Politics is gut; commercials are gut.

Ideology and communication more often than not run into each other rather than complement each other. Principle and communication work together. Ideology and communication often work apart.

I have seen how effective language attached to policies that are mainstream and delivered by people who are passionate and effective can change the course of history.

The way you communicate an idea is different than the way you communicate a product.

Republicans use think tanks to come up with a lot of their messages. The think tanks are the single worst, most undisciplined example of communication I've ever seen.

You cannot lie ever, because a lie destroys the credibility of the product, and credibility is more important than anything. Credibility's even more important than clarity.

Ego is the world's worst narcotic

I wanted to [share] what a gracious kind of guy George Mitchell was.

Every day I will renew my commitment and think about the benefits that come from it.

I learned a lot from both, initially Jewish and Muslim theologians that had been missing, perhaps from my rather parochial Catholic upbringing.

In the arts, you simply cannot secure your bread and your freedom of action too. You cannot be a hostile critic of society and expect society to feed you regularly.

I have been contending all my life, and always with God.

Don't be anything you don't want to be, always be yourself.

Michael Pitt is amazing. His physical comedy is extraordinary; he's so committed and so willing to play within the scenes. It makes you feel very free to also explore.

Children don't make judgments about which details are important... a child captures them all.

Time is the shower of Danae; each drop is golden.