David Quotes

There is also a kind of mean-spiritedness with LA comics.

There is nothing interesting about just seeing me doing the show then seeing the fans and how much people love me.

Don't apologize for what you think you did wrong. Apologize for what they think you did wrong.

Part of freedom is the right of each of us to go to hell in his own fashion.

Your every act can open hearts and minds.

A fearful man who knows he is fearful is far more trustable than a fearful man who isn’t aware of his fear.

Every moment of your life is either a test or a celebration.

Never throw fruit at someone who understands the theatrics of the situation better than you do.

Art talk is punk. Let the movie do your speaking for you.

Discovering a new explanation is inherently an act of creativity.

You can't twist Al Sharpton's arm.

Three things are certain: Death, taxes, and lost data. Guess which has occurred.

Photographer's advice: Stand in the right place.

Some guys can run fast, some guys can sing, I found I could take photographs that people were interested in.

One finds the truth by making a hypothesis and comparing observations with the hypothesis.

If the facts are contrary to any predictions, then the hypothesis is wrong no matter how appealing.

I like my computer. But I don't know how to use it as well as the 10-year-old daughter.

I drive an electric car.

One of the great things about doing series television is the guest actors that you can have come on and play around with.

For hundreds of years, that was the major form of entertainment: The grown-ups sat around and watched the kids play. Now they sit around and watch the television. The actors are the kids.

In high school and college, I was an athlete.

I don't see any difference in the craft of acting, in film or television. It's absolutely the same. It's different storytelling, playing a character over multiple hours, as opposed to two.

It seems unlikely that we're alone in the universe. But I'm pretty sure nobody's hiding any contact.

Usually, when I act, I try to forget the words and let them come, and just find my way through them.

It's hard to find scripts that know what they are from page one to page 115.

Judges are but men, and are swayed like other men by vehement prejudices. This is corruption in reality, give it whatever other name you please.

It would be through individual effort, inspired perhaps by reading Nietzsche's books, that the Overman might emerge, not through social or educational engineering.

Theory provides the maps that turn an uncoordinated set of experiments or computer simulations into a cumulative exploration.

When I really have to push and grope and scratch and claw to make a story work, that's a telltale sign that maybe something conceptually isn't right.

We believe we're seeing the world just fine until it's called to our attention that we're not.

It's only a story, isn't it?"... "Who's to say what's only a story and what's truth disguised as a story?

Isn't it easier to forgive than to hate? -Eriond

I'm a storyteller, not a prophet. I'm just interested in a good story.

Start early and work hard. A writer's apprenticeship usually involves writing a million words (which are then discarded) before he's almost ready to begin. That takes a while.

I'm truly amazed at you, Garion," Polgara said. "I didn't think you had the faintest idea of how to speak a civilized language." "Thank you," he said, "I think.

Garion started shaving. "Try to keep away from your nose," said Hettar wryly. "A man looks quite strange without a nose.

A critic often has to play the role of coroner, dissecting a work to find out why it died (or never lived).

Let me tell you, if your marriage is in trouble, skip the therapist and find a psycho. Nothing brings people together faster.

The English have a wellspring of comedy that will never be exhausted: the combination of bestial urges and excellent manners.

Whatever I hold in my mind tends to manifest itself in my life. What we believe and assume creates most of our reality and our experience.

TED-The Empowerment Dynamic-counteracts the poison of DDT, the Dreaded Dram Triangle. TED is the antidote for DDT.

The truth is the best brands, like the most interesting people, have a keen sense of self.

Good brands do three things for highly stressed out consumers: 1. They save time. 2. They project the right message. 3. They provide an identity.

Every brand builder will face a million temptations to obscure, dilute, or confuse his or her brand message. These temptations fall under two general headings: boredom and the desire for growth.

A strong brand is the only thing that can tip the balance of power between distributors and a manufacturer back into the manufacturer's favor.

Finding an excuse not to buy a brand can be just as enjoyable as finding an excuse to buy one. That, too, is human nature.

I used to shoot up and throw up, now I suit up and show up.

We all become lost children at one time or another.When no one else can find us, we must find ourselves.

The greatest thing a man can do for himself is to marry someone who is infinitely better than he is. And that's exactly what I did.

I'm just finding that when I'm sitting down and drawing the pages, it always takes me in a different direction than what I had in mind in my head.