You Are Honest Enough By Nature To Be Able To See And Judge Your Own Self Clearly - And That Is A Great Thing. Never Lose That Honesty, Bobby - Always Be Honest With Yourself, Know Your Own Motives For What They Are, Good Or Bad, Make Your Own Decisions Firmly And Justly - And You Will Be A Fine, Strong Character, Of Some Real Use In This Muddled World Of Ours!
Every Time I Do An Interview, It's Like Serious Therapy. But Real Therapy Isn't Something That I'd Ever Have. I Feel Fortunate That Mentally Everything Is Functioning Well.
It's Very Hard To Play The Straight Lead Girl And Still Make Her Sparkly And Fun And Real.
My Objective Is That I Don't Try To Do The Same Thing. I Try Not To Emulate Something I've Done Before. And, I'm A Real People Watcher, So I Like Trying To Play Characters That Are As Diverse From Each Other As Possible, Simply Because It's More Fun For Me, Actually.
The Bush Administration, And Particularly Bush's Chief Political Strategist And Deputy Chief Of Staff, Karl Rove, Have Been Expert In Both Galvanizing And Mobilizing The Fears And Resentments Of People. A Good Part Of Their Politics Consists Of Being Against Others Who Are Defined In Stereotypical Terms. These Others Don't, In Actual Reality, Exist. The So-called Democratic Elitists, For Example, Are A Stereotype Who They Can Hate. Anyone Who Watches Fox News Or Listens To Rush Limbaugh Knows That This Hatred Of The Other Is At The Core Of Their Politics.
Bill Clinton Was In The Line Of Great Progressive Presidents Who Faced The Realities In His Own Time And Applied Innovative Solutions To Problems.
When I Was Twelve. And I Was Going Through My Parents' Bookshelves, I Found The Most Wonderful Books And Plenty Of. Within Those Wonderful Books That Were Real Turn-on's. At 12 Or 13, Books Were Such Turn-ons.
My Characters Live Inside My Head For A Long Time Before I Actually Start A Book. They Become So Real To Me, I Talk About Them At The Dinner Table As If They Are Real. Some People Consider This Weird. But My Family Understands.
[i]t's Not Just The Books Under Fire Now That Worry Me. It Is The Books That Will Never Be Written. The Books That Will Never Be Read. And All Due To The Fear Of Censorship. As Always, Young Readers Will Be The Real Losers.
When Money Gets Too Far Away From Actual, Physical, Real Equity And Property It Gets Too Abstract And Too Distantly Derived And Then Suddenly It's Not Worth Anything Anymore. And The Same Is True Of Language.
