I moved to Seattle when I was two or three years old. Had my early education there, and would spend summers on the farm in Maryland. Then I went to boarding school in New Hampshire, to St. Paul's School. From there, I moved to London.

I think we're all fascinated and a little mystified by how the brain works. One of the most mysterious of the physical sciences is neurological science.

You learn a lot about a person when you work together.

In the same way that Shakespeare was writing very much for his time, he was also unearthing observations that would last for generations beyond him.

Anybody who believes and experiences their life and doesn't have shades of gray in it doesn't live where I live and is simply not in touch with the reality of the human condition.

You give up a lot when you enter the years of parenting. It's a sacrifice.

The American story is a story of great moments and dreadful moments.