I find it an easy way into writing pieces is to think what the character's voice is like, and start from there.
The measure of man's ability to extend the sphere of social possibility can only start with the values of democracy.
I feel like comedy had a boys'-club label when we were starting.
The possibilities for creation and insight are endless. We're constantly collecting more data, and it's starting to be very relevant to our lives.
If you are not satisfied with the things you have got then stop crying and start working and go get those things that will satisfy you.
I never really did abandon my true self. It's not like I invented this imaginary person and started to be her.
I think we have got to start thinking about banding together in terms of interested groups.
The moment you start arguing with an ignorant fool, you have already lost.
I get up at 5.30am, sluice myself and have two Weetabix and some mint tea, before starting to write by 6am.
Fat or thin. tall or short. we have a problem with almost everything, and maybe, that is why we should actually start "LIVING".
I started off as an actor thinking that I would be this Romeo, this dashing leading man. It turns out that I'm a character actor.
We're too young to want to stop living, because after all, we shouldn't stop something we haven't even started.
When I climb a building, I've been there already, and carefully planned how to start the climb as well as how to do it.
I'd already started directing short films when we were doing 'Lord of the Rings,' then videogame projects.
As I started to research gorillas, I began to understand that they're all totally individual and idiosyncratic, and they have their own personalities.
I didn't start skiing until I was 50. My wife Lois taught me how to ski. I'm proficiently conservative.
What interests me is starting businesses on our own, finding ideas that we can support, and simply investing in invention.
I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.
My politics were really radical when I was younger, and then I moderated like everyone else does when they start having kids.
From activism to socialising to starting new bands, 99% of everything that happens on MySpace is fun and positive. But with that many people, there's going to be a few bad apples, which presents challenges.
I started to study, because I knew I had to learn a lot about myself as an actor; you can't act the same as you did as a child.
