Books are not like people. Books are safe.

I don't think I'm going to like it at all. I think it's going to hurt. But after the hurt I think maybe something good and strong and beautiful will come out of it.

I don't like the word soon because you don't know when it's going to sneak up on you and turn into NOW. Or maybe it'll be the kind of soon that never happens.

Ignore and ignorance share the same root.

Even though I didn't think I'd like empathy it kind of creeps up on you and makes you feel all warm and glowy inside. I don't think I want to go back to life without empathy.

Haven’t you ever seen someone standing alone? I shrug. Just one. Why don’t you talk to that child? Because it’s me and Devon told me I shouldn’t talk to myself. Not in public anyway

All the trouble in the world is due to the fact that man cannot sit still in a room.

Not working is bad for you. It is my drug, it gives me a high; most performers will tell you that. And there is nothing like the high that an audience gives you.

If two actors have an equal creative give and take between them, it translates beautifully on the screen.

People can tell the truth much more freely when they're apparently lying.

Between the head and feet of any given person is a billion miles of unexplored wilderness.

Don't let the fact that you're spending time getting organized result in late fees on your credit card bills.

The recession is everywhere. We need to be heard. Wouldn't it be great if there could be more referendums so we could have regular voting on specific points?

I am an old man but in many senses a very young man. And this is what I want you to be, young, young all your life.

Certainly there are various trans-Islamic political movements, which try to appeal to Muslims in all societies.

Good is not good when better is expected.