I think that there's been an unfortunate tendency for right wing think tanks to dominate these discussions. They often produce very shoddy studies and policy recommendations, which are nevertheless taken very seriously.
People think you have to go through something to write about it, and you absolutely do not. You can write about, like, a shoe. It's a story.
When I think about a character, it does start with the shoes: What kind would she wear? How would she walk in them?
I love Joe Ingles. I think Joe Ingles is a tremendous glue player, terrific shooter, passer, defender.
I have a very short attention span, which is funny. I mean, you'd watch me and think that I don't, but I actually do.
I was pretty anti-academic, and I wasn't much of a student. I had a really short attention span and did not get a lot out of high school academically. I think college was a little the same way.
I think it's great to be able to go and watch a short film before you watch a feature.
I just like short hair on women; I think it's cool.
I feel like I'm the most forgiven actress I can think of, probably because of this short memory people have!
If you think Wall Street has a short memory, you're dead wrong. No, the folks who work on Wall Street, regulate Wall Street - and, above all, invest in its wares, notably its hedge funds - don't have a bad memory. They don't have any memory at all.
In space for a short time, I think most people could survive that. If you're sending an average person who's healthy for a short period of time, I think that's quite doable.
Let me say that I think the economic history of the last 150 years clearly shows that if you want to industrialize a country in a short period, let us say 20 years, and you don't have a well-developed private sector, entrepreneurial class, then central planning is important.
I think it's healthy for couples to be away from each other for short periods.
I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn't think I could do anything else. So I read and read and wrote short stories and dreamed of escape.
I don't think I'd have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but I'd love to write short stories and poetry, because those are my two passions.
A short story is a shard, a sliver, a vignette. It's a biopsy on the human condition but it doesn't have this capacity to think autonomously for itself.
I think it's a bit short-sighted to play any character and not explore, in some respects, the way they act when things get really bad.
Every time I give a talk, I ask the audience - especially if it's kids - how many want to go to Mars. At least half raise their hands. I don't think there's going to be any shortage of volunteers.
Hollywood is great. I also think it's stupid and small-minded and shortsighted.
In today's world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only help improve health in those nations, we also help ourselves control these debilitating and often deadly diseases.
