Anybody who believes and experiences their life and doesn't have shades of gray in it doesn't live where I live and is simply not in touch with the reality of the human condition.

I think we're all fascinated and a little mystified by how the brain works. One of the most mysterious of the physical sciences is neurological science.

Sometimes time constraints bring out something cool.

[David Boreanaz]'s got a very, very cute little giggle.

Life is not just one dark moment after another.

In the same way that Shakespeare was writing very much for his time, he was also unearthing observations that would last for generations beyond him.

Shakespeare is the Joss Whedon of his generation.

You learn a lot about a person when you work together.

The inherent corruption of man can often bring down the best system.

The American story is a story of great moments and dreadful moments.

Honestly, one-hour drama is the hardest format there is. I think it's harder than movies, and it's harder than half-hour comedy.

If you're expecting an upside in everything you do you might get extremely disappointed unless you also think about the consequences of a downside first.

The Tone is the Message.

Scholars are those who have read in books, but thinkers, men of genius, world-enlighteners, and reformers of the human race are those who have read directly in the book of the world.

At my door the Pale Horse stands to carry me to unknown lands.

I think that for the most part, when I started doing comedy, it had become very commercialized.

Every morning brings thousands of opportunities; and thousands of perils too! Life is open to all the possibilities that a man can not even imagine!

Every tree is an angel!

Hemingway hated me. I sold 200 million books, and he didn't. Of course most of mine sold for 25 cents, but still... you look at all this stuff with a grain of salt.

In a world full of monochromatic tadpoles, if you are fluorescent it does not matter what size of tadpole you are.

If you don't try and force it, a song will find the proper moment to come to life.