“I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful emplo...” — Dean Acheson Quote

I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.

The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.

Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.

Film has to describe and show.

Intimate relationships are a gold mine for literature to explore, to understand, to describe.

I'd describe my look as girly-edgy. I like black nail polish and eyeliner, but I'll wear them with pink shoes.

I suppose my job is to describe spaces that are honest to me. And the goal, I suppose, is that the listener can hear themselves in some way in that song and also, in some way, hear me. And so if the listener is able to identify with my honesty then I'm being the most helpful I can possibly be.

I always wonder about the word 'intense.' 'Intense' is used to describe women. Guys are intense, but they don't get described that way.