I've been in auditions without screens, and I can assure you that I was prejudiced. I began to listen with my eyes, and there is no way that your eyes don't affect your judgement. The only true way to listen is with your ears and your heart. (p.251)

I don't like things that aren't true.

What do we tell our children? Haste makes waste. Look before you leap. Stop and think. Don't judge a book by its cover. We believe that we are always better off gathering as much information as possible and spending as much time as possible in deliberation.

A book, I was taught long ago in English class, is a living and breathing document that grows richer with each new reading.

Re-reading is much underrated. I've read The Spy Who Came in from the Cold once every five years since I was 15. I only started to understand it the third time.

An aggressive drug-testing program would cut down on certain abuses, but its never going to catch everyone - or even close to everyone.

The difference between a crime of evil and a crime of illness is the difference between a sin and a symptom.