"Is there intellectual life in America? At present, the answer is no."

“The most important job of an editor is simplify, simplify simplify, and that usually means omitting things.”

“Nature has always something rare to show us... and the danger to life and limb is hardly greater than one would experience crouching deprecatingly beneath a roof.”

“Our friends, the enemy.”

Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations". Book by J.K. Hoyt & K.L. Roberts, p. 221-22, 1922.

“Unless you connect to the text, the audience won't be able to connect with you.”

Source : "A working life: The voice coach". Interview with Mark Tran, www.theguardian.com. April 1, 2011.

“Most people focus on forgiving others, thinking there isn't a need for self-forgiveness, particularly if they see themselves as a victim.”

Source : Source: www.pathfindermentoring.com

“I haven't frequented a nail salon in a long time.”

Source : "Hope Davis: Will Six Degrees' Laura Bust Her Pal's Fiancé?". Interview with Sabrina Rojas Weiss, www.tvguide.com. October 12, 2006.

“It's only a house when it's filled with people you love.”

Source : Who's News Interview, USA Weekend Magazine, www.geocities.ws. October 24, 1999.

“I'll never run for office. But I intend, either on the fiscal commission or on issues like immigration, to hopefully have my voice be heard.”