If you ignore the murdering and the conniving, Francis Underwood is an effective politician.

I'm aware that, from the outside, this looks like I've got quite an ego.

At the end of the day, storytelling is actually very simple in its origin as long as there are people who want to tell stories and there are people who want to hear them.

If you have done well in whatever business you are in, it is your duty to send the elevator back down and try to help bring up the next generation of undiscovered talent.

Essentially, your voice is an instrument; its a muscle, and you have to treat it like a muscle, and so you have to work it.

Its extremely dangerous to compare anyone else to Shakespeare.

I always thought that, in a way, you want your Superman to be a total unknown.