“It was the first time I witnessed the ancient and modern magic of groups in which anyone may speak in turn, everyone must listen, and consensus is more important than time.” 

“Altogether, I can't imagine technology replacing bookstores completely, any more than movies about a country replace going there.” 

“In fact, caucus, a word derived from the Algonquin languages, better reflected the layers of talking circles and the goal of consensus that were at the heart of governance.” 

“You can travel without traveling, and you can not travel -- yet travel. Being on the road is a state of mind.” 

“Then, as if in answer to a riddle posed years before, you will realize that this growth came from seeds you planted or watered or carried from place to place—and you’ll be rewarded in the way that we as communal beings need most: you’ll know you made a difference.” 

“people in the same room understand and empathize with each other in a way that isn’t possible on the page or screen.” 

“Beware of any motto that glorifies the past. It’s code for restoring hierarchy. For example: “Make America great again.” 

The emoji still doesn't really speak to the complexity that actually - or the subtext that goes on between when people actually speak face-to-face.

Fine-tuning a play like 'Uncle Vanya,' which is already well-known to the people playing it, is not so much a verbal exercise as it is a visceral one.

When you go to a concert, part of being there is that you're all hearing the same thing. It's about being in a crowd. If you go to a gig and there are two people there, then it's not the same thing.

I think referendums are fantastic as long as the question is phrased in a way which is not meant to deliberately confuse or confound people.

I think you need to have a healthy sense of doubt because I think doubt leads to inquiry.

The less one can think about oneself, the more interesting and attractive one becomes.

I think when something is apolitical and it gets politicised, then it's incredibly disappointing.

I think the downside of the Internet is that speaking-or writing-has become the point in and of itself.

Sometimes I think it's so good not to win those things. And, anyway, who wants to peak when they're 28?

I think the terrifying thing is you see all these people who go to the same cosmetic surgeon, and they end up, after a while, looking like everyone.

I think it's always good to take on things that at first seem bigger than you. Then you just try and surmount them.

I don't consciously think of how parenthood has changed me but I'm sure it must have.

I don't have a sense of entitlement or that I deserve this. You'd be surprised at the lack of competition between nominees - I think a lot of it's imposed from the outside. Can I have my champagne now?

I'm not focused on what other people think of me.

I think that's what I love about my life. There's no maniacal master plan. It's just unfolding before me.

Things present themselves to you, and it's how you choose to deal with them that reveals who you are. We all say a lot of things, don't we, about who we are and how we think. But in the end it's your actions, how you respond to circumstance that reveals your character.

“I'm not particularly interested in playing characters that think the way I do.”