I wanted a garret hideaway to write in like Jo March in 'Little Women.'

The best way to heal a broken heart, it turns out, is to find a way to move past the hurt.

I want characters I can live for in a setting that makes me feel like I'm there.

On my first trip to New York in the 1980s, the first place I wanted to visit was the Plaza Hotel, home to Kay Thompson's Eloise.

I just do my job; I'm out there to make plays and play football.

With tennis, you can go pick up a racket, take a lesson, and understand how much talent and skill it takes to be as good as the top pros. Same with golf: pick up a club. But not many can go out and get in a race car and experience a drive at over 200 miles an hour.

The longevity of a band is really contingent on loving the people that you're making music with and being able to get along in the long run. It's just like being married, except you're married to more than one person!

I can't imagine ever not having a team, being a part of a team trying to win a game.