Right now, they're hitting the ball a little better than I thought they would. We're scoring runs because we're getting read more

Right now, they're hitting the ball a little better than I thought they would. We're scoring runs because we're getting timely hits. It seems that we've had one or two innings where we've scored all our runs.

Our index reveals that for many, convenience and time saving are priorities and they are willing to bear the cost read more

Our index reveals that for many, convenience and time saving are priorities and they are willing to bear the cost for the luxury of third party home help. From cleaners and gardeners to ironing services we are increasingly searching for convenient services that also save us time.

The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. Things like old folks singing in the moonlight in read more

The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. Things like old folks singing in the moonlight in the back yard on a hot night or something said long ago.

But they are expensive and have very high expectations for fast promotions.

But they are expensive and have very high expectations for fast promotions.

Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than read more

Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than one thinks. On that narrow, hard, bare and dark space a lot of us spend their lives.

The cops aren't going to touch this case, ... They only have enough resources to go after the big cases.

The cops aren't going to touch this case, ... They only have enough resources to go after the big cases.

Nobody sees when you are lying in your bed
and I want to crawl in with you
but I cry instead

Nobody sees when you are lying in your bed
and I want to crawl in with you
but I cry instead

The role of research has always been to do the groundbreaking work and, as part of IBM, to transfer the read more

The role of research has always been to do the groundbreaking work and, as part of IBM, to transfer the work to products. I see my career as standing on a wall and seeing both ways. One way is seeing new possibilities and the other is building new products.

When I got the script to this movie, The Good Girl, I read it in an hour. The writer, Mike read more

When I got the script to this movie, The Good Girl, I read it in an hour. The writer, Mike White, has an ability to create characters that are so creepy and dysfunctional and human, with this duality that makes people feel empathy for them at the same time. My first thought was 'Was this sent to the right person?' I called my agent. 'Are they sure? Let's say yes before they realize they've sent it to the wrong person!