What was always interesting about Thomas Harris' books is they were a wonderful hybridization of a crime thriller and a horror movie.
I grew up in St. Louis, and I just couldn't wait until I turned 18 because I wanted to move to New York.
I know me, and those close to me know me. But sadly, the outside world thinks I'm some kind of a crook.
Our supporters support us for one reason, people pray for us for one reason - because of the healing ministry.
My parents weren't at all in entertainment, but when I look back, something along the line prepared me and opened me up to entertainment.
I have no fancy living at all. Well, I have a house in Sun Valley. Five acres in the woods. I guess that's fancy.
I have a fondness for jazz, particularly for jazz singers, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald all the way through the Sinatra era.
I totally go against the theory that you got to win to be successful. It's how you handle your situation.
When I set out to research the story of the Culper Spy Ring, I had no idea where it would take me.
Sometimes I wake up, I feel like, I'm like 80-years-old.
All you need to paint is a few tools, a little instruction, and a vision in your mind.
At the fourth grade level, girls at the same percentages of boys say they're interested in careers in engineering or math or astrophysics, but by eighth grade that has dropped precipitously.
What inspires me most are people who imagine and implement solutions to challenges in their own lives, in their communities, in our country and around the world.
People who imagine and implement solutions to challenges in their own lives, in their communities, in our country and in our world have always inspired me.
I don't want to make more friends. I have four kids, I have plenty of friends, and all the personal relationships I need.
Smart, well-meaning people get it wrong when they start believing that the world owes them something and that the rules are different for them.
If you're going to succeed, then you just have to be thick-skinned. It's something I developed early in my career, and it just goes with the territory.
When I was bald, I went through a period where I seemed to do nothing except TV programmes about being bald.
The millionaires and billionaires who chose to invest in Australia are actually those who most help the poor and our young. This secret needs to be spread widely.
The only way you survive is you continuously transform into something else. It's this idea of continuous transformation that makes you an innovation company.
No matter what it is, you put too much, your heart and soul in it, you have to be passionate about it. You make too many sacrifices.
