But, it’s not what they think of you that matters, it’s what you think of yourself. If I’d said something mean to them, I wouldn't like myself very much.

Terry Gilliam has spoken scathingly about my preference for physical comfort. I have come to the conclusion that this is very much his problem.

All gardeners need to know when to accept something wonderful and unexpected, taking no credit except for letting it be.

I have a passion for big cats, I like big snakes. There is something about snakes that is so wise, they have this uncanny perfection. I'd like to get inside their reptilian heads.

Trust me, if you're working on a $70 million movie and you're the last guy, you feel all that weight on your shoulders.

We need to take on the new media, and in terms of power and public pedagogy, we need to organize a whole range of people outside of the academy.

Melancholy and sadness are the start of doubt... doubt is the beginning of despair; despair is the cruel beginning of the differing degrees of wickedness.

Music brings life to my soul.

I'm trying to broaden the scope of positive psychology well beyond the smiley face. Happiness is just one-fifth of what human beings choose to do.

Freedom or jail clips inserted, a baby's being born/ Same time a man is murdered, the beginning and end.

I don't disagree with anything I've ever said. Why in God's name would I disagree with something I've said?