A persistent and age-old instinct makes us want to wander Into regions yet untrod And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God.

In the advance of civilization, it is new knowledge which paves the way, and the pavement is eternal.

Somebody is always reflectively monkeying with some of the parts of an infinite universe - monkeying as distinct from aping.

Research is appreciation.

The valuable attributes of research men are conscious ignorance and active curiosity.

Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do something, when all they need is one reason why they can.

I do feel good doing them [family-friendly movies], but it's not going to be my way of life. I'm a comedian.

You can't truly love someone if you also love yourself, just as you can't love someone if you are not honest with them and they with you - otherwise it's just infatuation and desire.

The only time I would like to see was the 20s and 30s in America because I love the music and the style and the optimism, I wanted to see New York being built. I wanted to see all that, you know.

I'm a very anxious, nervy kind of loser in many ways, and I get very stressed and a little tense.

You don't want everyone to see a piece of content. You want the people who are really excited about the content to see it.

At last there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Everybody who made it through adolescence is a hero.

I thank God that I have been meeting so many people who want to help me.

When I was 11, I realised that I did not have to live the life my mother had: school, marriage, children, apartment, summer house.

We have none of us seen a form which had not a beginning and will not have an end.