I like Bach. I like Randy Newman.

I pray you indulge me for a space, for I am going to set out on a speech which may have some duration, but whose theme may be gleaned from its opening phrase: how dare you.

I look back on my liberal political beliefs with a sort of wonder - as another exercise in self-involvement - rewarding myself for some superiority I could not logically describe.

I'm afraid of only two things: being lazy and being cowardly.

We're all put to the test... but it never comes in the form or at the point we would prefer, does it?

Let the cut tell the story. Otherwise you have not got dramatic action, you've got narration.

Do not internalize the industrial model. You are not one of the myriad interchangeable pieces, but a unique human being, and if you've got something to say, say it, and think well of yourself while you're learning to say it better.