Nothing gets a bigger laugh than when you refer to things like ethics or human rights.

I think you have an obligation to be an optimist. Because if you're not, nothing will change

Anyone who devotes time and attention to what makes people tick, to me, is a smart person.

For about the first ten years of my career, I wasn't terribly motivated.

The twentieth century has exhibited a barbarism and lack of respect for human life on a massive scale just about unknown before

Then I realized that to be really good at this requires a lot of energy and concentration and skill.

I've seen people with a tremendous amount of educational background in the field not turn out to be terribly good actors, and I've seen people with no education in the field turn out to be people that I admire quite a bit