Critics stopped being relevant when they stopped writing to inform and contextualize, and when they started writing to signal who they are, to display their identity by their stance on what they are writing about. Criticism should never be about the critic, but thats what it has become, and that’s why no one cares about them anymore.

One big lesson I learned from movie [making] was I don't do creative projects that I headline unless I have all the control. I can't deal with having to live with other people's screw ups, and that's just sort of the way the movie business works. The people with the money are in charge. Until I'm in charge, I don't want to play that game.

I tell the truth, and truth is the ultimate defense against libel.

Frankly, I'd rather make a little bit less money if it means living in a better world for books and publishing in the future.

I was not developmentally disabled, but didn't mature at the same rate other kids did.

Tell beautiful women they are smart, and smart women they are beautiful.

Great careers are getting easier to find and audition for, but harder to keep.