Charlie Trotter

To me, searching for perfection isn't anywhere near as interesting as trying to find your own voice.

The idea that you have to pursue greatness... it's up to you; it's your life.

I am actually a very gentle person.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

Everything you listen to when you are 17 should be embarrassing, otherwise you are way too cool.

Exeter was, I suspect, more crucial in my life than in the lives of most members of my class, and conceivably, than in the lives of almost anyone else who ever attended the school.