Emotion is the foundation of reason.

I generally think the president [Donald Trump] should get his Cabinet picks, unless they're egregiously out of the range, either ethically or intellectually out of the range of what's acceptable.

I want to try to make big films that hopefully connect with people.

When you cover politics, you realize that knowing how to talk about character matters more and more. The way we hold ideas is more important than the ideas.

Palin is smart, politically skilled, courageous and likable. Her convention and debate performances were impressive.

When a president speaks that usually means a lot.

We don't have the choice to control our emotions, but we do have the power to educate our emotions. And we do that through literature and through art and music to give ourselves a repertoire of emotional experiences.