I'm mentioning all this -- I'm mentioning all this because I think this is not merely a personal problem; you may think I'm wrong in this, but I think we live in an age when our lives are regularly punctuated by career crises, by moments when what we thought we knew -- about our lives, about our careers -- comes into contact with a threatening sort of reality.

Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.

"The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame."

"Don't confuse motion with progress."

I try to choose roles that challenge me and that I can learn from.