I apply the three gag rule, which is if I can read a script without gagging more than three times, then maybe I can say yes to this job.
I saw that there are people who will connive against innovation. They're hostile to it. And that has shaped my behavior ever since.
The world needs a better understanding of how to encourage innovation. And innovators need to get better at it. Sign me up.
I'm looking for a deal from one of you TV networks to give Snoop Dogg his own hood TV show where I can find America's hottest hood artists.
My first reaction, every time I delve into an episode of history that I don’t know very much about, is anger that my teachers never taught me about it.
Being able to read well in public and talk about your work in an engaging fashion is part of most writers' job specification.
It's going to cost trillions of dollars to rework the energy sources all over the world. Were going to have to move away from fossil fuels.
I believe in pulling together to make the country better right rather than pulling, tearing it apart for partisan reasons. I think the country comes first.
We have to do more than keep media giants from growing larger; they're already too big. We need a new set of rules that will break these huge companies to pieces.
'Veronica Mars' was my first job, and for some reason, my character changed her hairstyle halfway through the season from curly to - I don't even know why - suddenly straight.
When I hold something that's radioactive, it's kind of an indescribable feeling. It's kind of like when I'm with my girlfriend.
If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afraid to question what they see.
The theatre is a place where one has time for the problems of people to whom one would show the door if they came to one's office for a job.
Understand that to achieve success in your efforts, you must try to be reliable and on time for everything -your job, dinner parties, doctor appointments- everything.
If writing is your passion, write and don’t let anyone else convince you otherwise. You don’t need to quit your day job to do it. Create a realistic schedule and stick with it.
For those who can do it and who keep their nerve, writing for a living still beats most real, grown-up jobs hands down.
if your job wasn’t performed by a cat or a boa constrictor in a Richard Scarry book I’m not sure I believe it’s necessary
I am also one of those persons who were transformed, who grew out of the Soviet system and transformed myself into the new Russia.
People always think I'm taller than I am - not just because of the shoes I wear but because of the way I dress. It's all relatively streamlined.
I think as I have got older, I have got a bit more relaxed, although you might not think that if you heard me screaming at my kids.
I've been to parties in L.A. that are mind-blowing. I mean, quite literally mind-blowing. People get cellphones in the party bag, that sort of thing. Fabulous, fabulous parties.
