I rather like mysteries. But I do dislike muddles.

Film is a dramatised reality and it is the director's job to make it appear real... an audience should not be conscious of technique.

I've just begun to dare to think I perhaps am a bit of an artist.

I'm first and foremost interested in the story, the characters.

I rather like mysteries. But I do dislike muddles.

Don't make jokes about food.

I think people remember pictures not dialogue. That's why I like pictures.

The Economist is undoubtedly the smartest weekly newsmagazine in the English language. I always look forward to its quirky year-end double issue.

Meru was the most challenging climb of my life. Not once but twice.

In 'Alpha Protocol,' right from the outset, the parameters of the game explain to you that the mission needs to get done. How you approach that is your decision. The rewards and penalties for either path, those are going to balance out into different consequences.

I'm not wild about hand-held shots.

I love lawyers. And I like to talk to lawyers, and I like to engage in a spirited discussion with lawyers.

The things that stand out are often the oddities.

I came from a poor family in Coney Island. I learned to write by reading the 'Post.' This was my education.

The hacker mindset doesn't actually see what happens on the other side, to the victim.

I love Taco Bell. Whenever I go there, I could get anything on the menu and be totally happy.

I'm going to reveal the grand secret to getting rich by investing. It's a simple formula that has worked for Warren Buffett, Carl Icahn and all the greatest investment gurus over the years. Ready? Buy low, sell high.

Enter politics, and you enter the glass house; there are no secrets and no places to hide.

I love guys and the way they think; they're so straightforward - and women can learn from that.

In music, you can use metaphors with ease - if a person doesn't understand the parable, they can still enjoy the melody of the music. If, however, a person reads a book and misses the meaning of its metaphors, this will be extremely disheartening for both the reader as well as the author.

I spend a lot of time balancing between faith and disbelief.

I'm very inspired by the artfulness and soulfulness of the Russian people.

I didn't say I wouldn't go into ghetto areas. I've been in many of them and to some extent I would say this; if you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all.

But I was still hoping to be able to coach and teach.

I always seem to be singing against the grain.

Telling everyone I wanted to go into forensic anthropology was my form of rebellion.

I tried writing fiction as a little kid, but had a teacher humiliate me, so didn't write again until I was a senior in college.

Oftentimes, the best negotiations result in a deal that benefits both parties. There are times when you simply want to go for the jugular, but often, you want the other person to feel pleased with the outcome, even if you are the clear victor.

I try to examine everything to see if there's another approach.

The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves. We live in denial of what we do, even what we think. We do this because we're afraid. We fear we will not find love, and when we find it we fear we'll lose it. We fear that if we do not have love we will be unhappy.

Everything is something you decide to do, and there is nothing you have to do.