Boredom is actually the most plentiful substance in the universe.

My scalp tingled like Christmas candy on a cold tongue.

I slept well that night because someone had been kind to me.

It's a silly thing, but I like to understand people through their obsessions.

If we truly knew someone's entire life story and all the things they have been through we would drop all jealousy and comparison. We would admire their ability to shine.

It is unavoidable that if we learn more about a great man's life we shall also hear of occasions on which he has done no better than we and has in fact come nearer to us as a human being.

It was as if he had come to mistrust words somehow. Words, and the sentiments words carried.

For all the import and message of 'The Iliad,' it's ultimately a story that's meant to be heard, and the person hearing 'The Iliad' determines what it means.

She's not your type. Since when do I have a type?

Heroes don't get anything but dead.

In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well.

Spiritual healing is KNOWING that the body is perfect. Mental healing is effecting a perfect body by visualizing the body as perfect.

I've worked with Robert Altman a couple of times too.

If we knew we were to die at twelve o'clock tomorrow night, would we have to step up our evangelistic program, or could we in all good conscience carry on just as we are?