Don't they get afraid, then?""They have a religion for that.

The minute you get a religion you stop thinking. Believe in one thing too much and you have no room for new ideas.

Beer's intellectual. What a shame so many idiots drink it.

Ah, art! Ah, life! The pendulum swinging back and forth, from complex to simple, again to complex. From romantic to realistic, back to romantic.

How talented was death. How many expressions and manipulations of hand, face, body, no two alike.

In order for a thing to be horrible it has to suffer a change you can recognize.

Her eyes reversed into herself, to watch the secret heart of herself pounding itself into pieces against the side of her chest.

People die every day, psychologically speaking. Some part of them gets tired. And that small part tries to kill off the entire person.

Well, I've kept you waiting long enough, " he said, peering at me from that distance which drinking adds between people and which, at odd turns in the evening, seems closeness itself.

They came to study the dreadful vulgarity of this imaginary Mass Man they pretend to hate. But they're fascinated with the snake-pit.

I love how summer just wraps it’s arms around you like a warm blanket.

I slept for four years. I didn't study much of anything. I majored in something called communication arts.

A fundamental rule in technology says that whatever can be done will be done.

The secret to a long marriage in the film industry? Marry someone wonderful, as I did. And always have her come along on location.

I can write absolutely anywhere. All I need is a laptop.

Aww, you know my verbal stingers are only poisoned with love

The loftiness of understanding embraces all. It requires as much spirit to suffer the failings of others as it does to appreciate their good qualities.

I always thought it was great to be able to make people feel better. It was a little like being God.

When I was I kid, there were so many different things that I wanted to be. As an actor, I get a chance to be all of those things, at least for a couple of days, which is fun.

If I'm at a party and someone puts on a Blues Brothers tape, I tend to go nuts.