...nothing is creepier than a bunch of adults being very quiet.

Everybody kind of gets to be the person they didn't get to be.

Last night the Taliban offered to release eight Westerners if the U.S. promised not to attack. The State Department declined but thanked the Taliban for the offer, saying it really felt good to laugh again.

George Clooney married Amal Alamuddin this year. Amal is a human rights lawyer who worked on the Enron case, was an advisor to Kofi Annan regarding Syria, and was selected for a three-person commission investigating rules of war violation in the Gaza Strip. So tonight, her husband is getting a lifetime achievement award.

I believe in process. I believe that having a really difficult process is more valuable than a good outcome.

You can tell how smart people are by what they laugh at.

Your characters should be as smart as you are, if not smarter.