Normally we go in, we do a series and then that's it, we're axed!

I usually write in my kitchen, which is a large, octagonal room that looks into woods - three big windows look out into the trees.

We all have dark shadows in our self that come out every now and then.

We get criticized for showing no personality, then we get penalized when we do.

My wife and I were happy for 20 years. Then we met.

The keys to brand success are self-definition, transparency, authenticity and accountability.

When in doubt, mumble; when in trouble, delegate; when in charge, ponder.

I wander around the house and write in bed, at the kitchen table, by the window, in the yard.

I'm in a loft and the kitchen is in the very center of the apartment. The whole place revolves around it.

My task is to find the authenticity in the character. I tend to go with the script and tell that story.

When in doubt, look at what everyone else is doing.

I've given up trying to convince the world about the authenticity of my femininity.

I said I thought first I was on the stairs; then I remembered I was in the kitchen when he came in.

I think if you put 100% into anything and you do it with authenticity and enthusiasm, then it really shines through.

In Spain, I'd taken Villarreal to league runners-up and the quarter-final and then semi-final of the Champions League.

When in doubt, exchange.

I have to trust what I do and then do it.

Every now and then, I like to take a break from the visual arts and play a few songs on guitar. I don't play them for anyone.

I hole up now and then and do nothing for days but read.

After college, I spent a decade working the kinds of jobs that I write about - bartender, shoe salesman, kitchen man - while voraciously reading novels.