Early on, if I was alone two three nights in a row, I'd start writing poems about suicide.

There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.

People who speak in metaphors should shampoo my crotch.

My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing.

I'm Irish. I think about death all the time.

Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.

With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60.

The minute that you're not learning I believe you're dead.

Human beings are always going to find interesting ways of making a mess of their lives. It's human nature.

I don't think many people have a very good understanding of leisure and the importance it plays in our lives.

Men dominate because of physicality, and thus they have mercy where women do not.

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

He licked her shoulder and pulled her closer, into the shelter of his body. “No worries, nysr. I’ll watch over you while you sleep. And I’m not going anywhere. Not ever.

There's an exception to every rule, Nora. And you've never failed at being the exception before.

The temporary good is enemy to the permanent best.

Honors to me now are not what they once were.

War has been more common than peace, and extended periods of peace have been rare in a world divided into multiple states

Our souls are getting older and we're tired of doing things the same old way. We want to find some real solutions.

The Mathematics are Friends to Religion; inasmuch as they charm the Passions, restrain the Impetuosity of Imagination, and purge the Mind from Error and Prejudice.

There's a dark side to everything.

The filmmakers who I'm pining to work for aren't ringing my phone off the hook.