America can enjoy a vital, fully functioning government, with all the benefits provided by Texas, while reducing Texas at the same time.

Siberia is so big, it’s almost more an idea than a place

When the days start to get shorter, I want to be in some nice brick building on the East Coast with the lights glowing in the windows. When the daylight starts changing, I want to be out West.

Every once in a while, people need to be in the presence of things that are really far away.

People in Russia adapt to misery by a deep, deep humor.

There's an idea of the Plains as the middle of nowhere, something to be contemptuous of. But it's really a heroic place.

Everything in Russia is made of cement - phone booths, fence posts and light bulbs.

Sometimes travel is merely an opportunity taken when you can.

Russian humor is to adapt or make some sense or nonsense out of the insanity of their lives.

I don't have a disregard for my reader in humor pieces.

I think what is important for things to be funny is if you the listener, or the reader, get a chance to supply the humor of it yourself.

My body is filled with vibrational balance. I am in love and light always

Service heals the recipient and the giver.

What I learned as an actor was the only way you could really do August Wilson's work, you had to leave an ounce of your essence on that stage,... Otherwise it was impossible.

When the movie's on, I usually watch more of the audience.

He looked less handsome without the smile and glow in his eyes, but he also seemed more real. Being real will get me into trouble faster than any amount of charm.

I'll pretend that I want you for what is on the inside.

I love The West Wing for many reasons. The show has been a fantasy. But we have offered a parallel universe to reality.

The English reputation for humour is a way by which people avoid revealing themselves and have superficial relationships, so that you can engage in banter without making yourself vulnerable.

A parent's best intentions are no substitute for attention.

I think the supernatural is a catch-all for everything we don't understand about the vast other parts of life that we cannot perceive.