I had a late supper one evening with Frank and Treat Williams... Treat took us for a trip in his read more

I had a late supper one evening with Frank and Treat Williams... Treat took us for a trip in his plane around the Manhattan skyline, an incredible, somehow touching sight. I wonder why?... We passed so close to the World Trade Center buildings that we could see the diners innocently enjoying themselves in the restaurant. In the late-20th century, it's impossible not to see the whole great heart of the city as vulnerable, exposed to attack.

The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, read more

The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, as though plaiting thick tresses of darkness. Here, too, appear the lighthouses of the mind, with their outward resemblance to less pure symbols. The gateway to mystery swings open at the touch of human weakness and we have entered the realms of darkness. One false step, one slurred syllable together reveal a man's thoughts.

We have more confidence in ourselves. We have seen that hard work pays off. We're not overconfident. Just confident.

We have more confidence in ourselves. We have seen that hard work pays off. We're not overconfident. Just confident.

When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.

When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.

The technology is in a very early stage in general, so it may in the future provide breakthroughs but in read more

The technology is in a very early stage in general, so it may in the future provide breakthroughs but in the short-term it is certainly going to take time.

Liar: One who tells an unpleasant truth.

Liar: One who tells an unpleasant truth.

It occurred to me that I have spent almost every working day of the past ten years living in a read more

It occurred to me that I have spent almost every working day of the past ten years living in a state of repressed fear.

I love to come in and play with a wig or glasses or clothes. I love using props. I'm from read more

I love to come in and play with a wig or glasses or clothes. I love using props. I'm from the Peter Sellers school of trying to prepare for the character.

The proximity of the Bay Area's 7 million residents places our local parks under intense pressure from residential development on read more

The proximity of the Bay Area's 7 million residents places our local parks under intense pressure from residential development on their boundaries. Such development disrupts the natural rhythm of the forest.