(About sweeping)....What he was in FACT doing was moving the dirt around with a broom, to give it a change of scenery and a chance to make new friends.

Nanny's philosophy of life was to do what seemed like a good idea at the time, and do it as hard as possible. It had never let her down.

People who didn't need people needed people around to know that they were the kind of people who didn't need people.

You know, you're rather amusingly wrong.

But that was just it - hate was exactly the right word. Hate is a force of attraction. Hate is just love with its back turned.

His progress through life was hampered by his tremendous sense of his own ignorance, a disability which affects all too few.

Just to keep the bad dreams at bay, she took a swig out of a bottle that smelled of apples and happy brain-death.

-Oh yes? Can you identify yourself?-Certainly. I'd know me anywhere.

(About a cookbook...)- What about this one? Maids of Honor?- Weeelll, they starts OUT as Maids of Honor...but they ends up Tarts.

The father who has selflessly poured himself into the life of his children may leave no other monument than that of his children. But as for a life well lived, no other monument is necessary.

Will turned around slowly, wiping blood from his face. "You're glaring at me," he said to Magnus. "You look like Church before he bites someone.

We're always too skinny, or too fat. Too tall, or too short. We're shaming each other, and we're shaming ourselves, and it sucks.

The historian is a prophet looking backward.

Some people say you have to be a Christian to be saved. I had to stop being Christian to be saved.

I wanted to go on the red carpet with a baseball cap, t-shirt, and jeans. And I still do. Because that's really who I am.

Yoga is the perfect way to de-stress and work out at the same time.

We've got to alter our fossil fuel dependence and go to other energy sources.

I don't believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or she is putting out there.

I am always excited about playing in front of live audiences because I really enjoy it, for the most part.