"Al Gore has dedicated his life to detail. George W. Bush has not. He's the first to admit it."

-- Peter Jennings

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“So I rang up British Telecom, I said 'I want to report a nuisance caller', he said 'Not you again'.”
“As fog moved to the mainland I heard a flock of birds fly over. They sounded like a dress rustling, a dress being unfastened and dropping to the floor. Fog came unpinned like hair. On the beach cliffs, great colonies of datura - jimson weed - with their white trumpet flowers, looked like brass bands.”
“I love theater. I also love radio. I love language.”
“What you do is, you just do the gig, enjoy, get on with it, and treat the rest as horse doodle.”

Source : "Why the Deadwood Guy Doesn't Care if NBC's Kings Makes Him More Famous". Interview with Jake Halperin, www.esquire.com. April 3, 2009.
“There are certain bridges that are not worth crossing, no matter what others think. Loyalty and relationships are important.”
“Through words we come to know the other person--and to be known. This knowing is at the heart of our deepest longings for intimacy and connection with others. How relationships unfold with the most important people in our lives depends on courage and clarity in finding voice.”
“Demon, angel, all the same thing if you go back far enough, or cut deep enough.”
“I start with actors that I know personally or I know their work, and there are things about their work or their presence or their own personality that make a character, that exaggerates some qualities and suppresses other qualities. It's always a real collaboration for me.”

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