She refused to accept the simple truism that the better you were, the bigger threat you were to those at the top.

Money. The ultimate motivation. The ultimate way of keeping score.

What is jealousy but a reflection of your own failures?

Maybe it has something to do with being a reporter for a long time that I don't look to newspapers and television and so forth for inspiration most of the time.

Momentum was momentum, whether you found it in music or on the street or in the beat of your own heart.

In a daydream sort of way, I think it would be pretty cool to direct a movie. But I have been on movie and TV sets and know it is hard work. I like directing it in my mind. It is easier.

I'm going to have to be impressed and feel confident in the people I'm handing a book to - or I'm not going to do it. Once you hand it to them, you're out. You have no control over it.