I was a hostess in a restaurant in New York when I was 21, and I was too good of an employee. I was putting most of my energy into that instead of acting. But my father told my sister and me to look at whatever needed to be done and do that job well, no matter what it was.
“Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule.”
“Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what's wrong with it.”