True freedom is understanding that we have a choice in who and what we allow to have power over us.

When I was younger I spent way too much time thinking about me being too fat. So stupid.

Well, she's so alive, Julia Child. And Margaret is so - is so designed. She's so intent upon making her point. That's the most important thing, is that she win the argument, and there is nothing that stands in the way of that train, you know. But Julia's just alive in front of you. That's part of why people loved her. They lived it with her. They breathed it with her. And the mistakes were all part of it.

While I am overwhelmingly proud of work that I, believe me, did not do on my own, I can assure you that awards have very little bearing on my own personal happiness, my own sense of well-being and purpose in the world.

If everybody that had two cars had a Prius instead of an SUV, we wouldn't be in the Middle East right now.

That consciousness of quality, and the need to demand it can galvanize your energies, not just in your work, but in a rigorous exercise of mind and heart in every aspect of your life.

I do know that we have delusions about ourselves in what we sound like.