This planet is 15 million years overdue for an asteroid strike like the one that killed the dinosaurs.
It's hard to overestimate how much the perception of the quality of the V.C. firm you're with matters - the signal it sends to other V.C.s, to potential employees, to customers, to the tech press. It's like where you went to college.
It seems like racism in the United States is overflowing.
Part of my job as a presidential speechwriter (along with great writers like Jon Favreau and David Axelrod) was finding that sliver where 'presidential' and 'actually funny' overlap.
I have, like, sensory overload problems.
When I'm doing a play like 'Betrayal,' I have to be careful not to get stimulation overload.
Hollywood has a way of making everything seem like an overnight success.
Things that look like an 'overnight success' typically are not.
There were doubts when I got drafted. I've seen plenty of articles and things, like that I probably wouldn't be an elite point guard. I wanted to prove people wrong. And when I got my first contract, they said I was overpaid. I proved them wrong again.
As a teenager I read a lot of books. Books with lots of scary trends, things like nuclear weapons and overpopulation and global diseases, and I thought, 'Wouldn't it be great to write stories that showed people these problems and that we could do something about them.'
I like to oversee what I do, so I have a hand in writing my songs. I also have people there to help me with my vision.
My role is more like a chairman and founder. I am used to overseeing the company's heritage and our strategy.
And, in fact, there is a connection, the people who designed this here program and who implement it are the same people who are overseeing and helping in the interrogations of detainees in places like Guantanamo.
Here's the thing: I come from a filmmaking background, so this concept of sort of overseeing a television show but not directing was, in general, not weird, but I had to get used to what that felt like. My initial instinct was, 'I want to direct as much of this as possible.' But the logistics of making of TV, that's just not possible.
Nations, like plants and human beings, grow. And if the development is thwarted they are dwarfed and overshadowed.
Important state legislative races and statewide elections for offices like Lt. Governor and Attorneys General are often overshadowed by gubernatorial and federal elections.
You cannot overstate, I don't think, the impact of a show like 'Glee' on a generation.
I don't like things too overstated in the cut or too perfect.
It can't be overstated how wonderful it is not to have to audition any more. Any actor will tell you, it's like Christmas.
Because I'm very petite, I try not to wear things that have a heavy pattern because I feel like they overtake you.
