Upkeep quotes

  • There is nothing new in Egypt. Egyptians are making history as usual.

  • I'm not a guy who is going to make a lot of noise. I hope to lead by example.

  • I took a vow of political celibacy.

  • The days of wine and roses laugh and run away like a child at playThrough the meadow land toward a closing doorA door marked "nevermore" that wasn't there before

  • It's like trying to pin down a kangaroo on a trampoline.

  • I'm trying to mediate between individual agency and structural determination. I accept that people make individual choices, quite thoughtful, quite careful, quite difficult choices, but they don't make them without constraints that shape what choices are possible and provide the intensity of the push toward choosing.

  • I think as an actor you can feel when something's right and when something's resonating. I don't think that there's necessarily a right and a wrong. I think it's just a matter of being honest and telling a story.

  • I never know why shows succeed or don't succeed, which is why I look at it as, 'I'll do the best work that I can', and if the fans and people respond then I'm always really flattered and honored, and if they don't then I'll try and do something next time that they like better. But I have no idea what makes a hit show, I really don't.

  • Trends in circulation and advertising - the rise of the Internet, which has made the daily newspaper look slow and unresponsive; the advent of Craigslist, which is wiping out classified advertising-have created a palpable sense of doom.

  • Leave the door open for the unknown, the door into the dark. That’s where the most important things come from, where you yourself came from, and where you will go.