Doing something brave is much like saying something stupid. You rarely plan on it happening.

People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN'T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort.

You see, that is the sad, sorry, terrible thing about sarcasm.It's really funny.

The Librarians control the information... They control what gets read, what gets seen, and what gets learned. Because of that they have power.

I froze, shocked. (And don't try to claim that you did anything different the first time a government bureaucrat pulled a gun on you.)

Authors write books for one, and only one, reason: because we like to torture people.

Do not curse the well that quenches your thirst.

She shrugged. "Ownership is a fragile concept.

When feminist discourse is unable to discriminate the drunken fraternity brother from the homicidal maniac, women are in trouble.

Each step you take reveals a new horizon. You have taken the first step today. Now, I challenge you to take another.

Because men believe not in Providence, therefore they do so greedily scrape and hoard. They do not believe in any reward for charity, therefore they will part with nothing.

Of all the uncertain things marriage is the uncertainest.

I'm clearly not Brad Pitt, and I'm never going to be Brad Pitt.

I'm pretty transparent and have no problem sharing my weaknesses.

I'm very fortunate to have the privilege of working with directors like Bill Condon and Paul Thomas Anderson, who I think is one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.

As you've probably discovered, great work makes us uncomfortable.