“I think you go through a period as a teenager of being quite cool and unaffected by things.”

“There's such big pressure on people who are incredibly famous, on those who have people sitting outside their front door and taking photos every time they move.”

“When I was working on 'Homeland,' there was a consultant who helped me a lot... I went to Washington and met with my consultant there, and he actually organised a lunch with several people from the...”

“There are so many successful women working in intelligence, but it's still seen as a male-dominated world.”

“If there is a book that the script came from you have to read it, you have to see what you can get out of it: mood, back story and things that may not even be in the film. They kick off your imagin...”

“Alison Carr on 'Homeland.' She was such great character to play, so clever and full of surprises. I was sad to see her go.”

“If you want to be happy, work with all your heart.”

“I do my best thinking at night when everyone else is sleeping. No interruptions. No noise. I like the feeling of being awake when no one else is.”

“I feel like Ive been split open and stuffed with sunshine.”

“Justice is the only worship.Love is the only priest.Ignorance is the only slavery.Happiness is the only good.The time to be happy is now,The place to be happy is here,The way to be happy is to make...”

“Be a good human.”

“Our country in general assumes that "the pursuit of happiness" really means "the pursuit of pleasure" and that therefore pleasure is the greatest good.”

“No quality or characteristic is more important than trust”

“Ender had come to feel a unity so strong that the word we came to his lips much more easily than I.”

“The only TV I would be interested in exploring would be live television. There's no substitute for a team of artists performing at their peak live when failure is possible. It's a high-wire act. Th...”