I would like to remain an actress, but am very anxious to direct and produce.

I was willing to do anything that Chris Carter wrote.

I have an assistant in Vancouver to help me with my life.

There's a big difference between sanity and insanity.

As for acting, I took drama lessons when I was in high school.

And generally the shows I'm in fail really big.

Actually, my favourite roles have been in theatre, but on TV, my faves were Slap Maxwell and Larry Sanders.

I would like to remain an actress, but am very anxious to direct and produce.

I started acting in my parents living room when I was five years old.

I would say Politically Incorrect is my favourite right now.

New York lost a classic. Carmine was an old school New Yorker.

You don't need the 'voice of God' commentary. Instead, by juxtaposing contradictory or confirmatory witnesses and archive material, your point of view becomes obvious.

One hopes, of course, that a relationship grows and becomes a deep and wonderful marriage and friendship that lasts forever. But that's not always the case.

There is a 90% failure rate for most shows. It's difficult for any show to write for the next season.

My teacher told my mum, 'I think William has dyspraxia,' and Mum asked what that meant. She said, 'Well, if I put a chair in the middle of the room and asked every child in the class to walk around it, William would be the only child in the class to walk into it.' Mum was like, 'Yeah, that's my boy'.

Owners of valuable works of art don't give to institutions that don't provide good air conditioning and have good shows.

I'm lucky to have a wife and a child that keep me grounded.

I have a journal of everything I've ever climbed since 2005. For the entry about free soloing Half Dome, I put a frowny face and added some little notes about what I should have done better, and then underlined it. Turns out that is one of my biggest climbing achievements.

The work is with me when I wake up in the morning; it is with me while I eat my breakfast in bed and run through the newspaper, while I shave and bathe and dress.

With all due respect to lawyers, it's wonderful that you have this intricate knowledge. You break down words to the nth degree. And sometimes I find it rather disgusting. And it goes on and on.

I heard stories from my mother's mother who was an American Indian. She was spiritual, although she did not go to church, but she had the hum. She used to tell me stories of the rivers.

I love to experiment with fashion. A lot of my inspiration comes from my mom. She is fearless with fashion! I love colors and anything daring.

When I'm on stage, it's like a different world ... me connecting with the audience. It's a surreal experience.

As we settle into 2013, I predict this: We'll see companies that promote this shift from private ownership thrive. More people will be able to access things they simply don't need to own, and they'll save money and live better, cleaner, green lives doing it.

When you're making a TV drama, the showrunner is God, and so however onerous and difficult and consuming that responsibility is, you're being treated with respect, so it changes your whole outlook to the production. You're being asked about costumes, set design, music, every aspect of the show.

You're young and you have all your life ahead of you.

I think being sublimely happy is the only thing I could ever hope for in life.

Many musicians will say they don't care about the money yet they must commit themselves to appear at given times and places, and to produce what sells, whether they believe in it or not. It depends on contracts.

I always tell my employees, the busier it gets, the slower you should cook. When you run around like a crazy person, that's when things go wrong.

When I feel I'm repeating myself, I'll probably pack it in.

Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading.

I write because I have always been curious about what it would feel like to be someone else, in a different situation. Fiction is a wonderful way of exploring that.

I don't tweet - I have nothing to say.

I live a pretty domestic and normal life. I make my kids breakfast most mornings, but nothing too elaborate - soft-boiled eggs and oatmeal.