I am fascinated by the act of making something real that at one point is only an idea. It is read more

I am fascinated by the act of making something real that at one point is only an idea. It is challenging and beguiling to sense something inside, put it on paper (or carve it in stone), and then step back and see how much has got lost in the process.

Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think.

Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think.

I'm the quarterback -- you are going to get hit. Everyone on our offensive line played well, but obviously we read more

I'm the quarterback -- you are going to get hit. Everyone on our offensive line played well, but obviously we did miss O'Callaghan.

It was just a smart move for me, based on me and my family huddling together and doing what was read more

It was just a smart move for me, based on me and my family huddling together and doing what was best for me. I came here, my grades improved, everything just turned around completely.

The most common trouble with advertising is that it tries too hard to impress people.

The most common trouble with advertising is that it tries too hard to impress people.

There is really a trend of consolidation across many, many industries and geographies. The pipeline is full, and I think read more

There is really a trend of consolidation across many, many industries and geographies. The pipeline is full, and I think we'll see a lot of transactions in the next few months.

From the late Classical period and more so in Romantic and Modern opera, the weight settled into the orchestra, with read more

From the late Classical period and more so in Romantic and Modern opera, the weight settled into the orchestra, with the voices as a free obbligato above it, ... That just drives me crazy. I want the vocal line to be as much the core as the bass line. I want to create the illusion that the voice generates harmony, color, line, everything.

I have had to work long and hard to eradicate the dangerous delusion that, in a bad position, I could read more

I have had to work long and hard to eradicate the dangerous delusion that, in a bad position, I could always, or nearly always, conjure up some unexpected combination to extricate me from my difficulties.

I had A LOT of coaching for the movie and no, I have never sung professionally before.

I had A LOT of coaching for the movie and no, I have never sung professionally before.