Equilibrium is enjoyably classy trash.

You're not allowed to give yourself a nickname. This holds true in life as well as in poker.

The truth is that our way of celebrating the Christmas season does spring from myriad cultures and sources, from St. Nicholas to Coca-Cola advertising campaigns.

Living in the past is a Jethro Tull album, not a smart poker strategy.

Even though we're a week and a half away from Thanksgiving, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

You can't take up golf on a whim and find yourself competing against Tiger Woods in the Masters six months later.

Sometimes a 3-1 favorite loses. That's why they call it gambling, and that's why they keep flipping over the cards.

The magic gets lost in translation.

Wal-Mart doesn't really care about your faith. Wal-Mart cares if you have money to spend, and it is going to be as generic as possible in exploiting the holiday season for every buck it can make.

That's why I've always been appreciative of truly creative radio commercials.

Christian Bale has a kind of genetically engineered handsomeness that's perfect for [John Preston]. He's also a better actor than he ever gets credit for being.

The telephone bell was ringing wildly, but without result, since there was no-one in the room but the corpse.

If you look at a building by Mies van der Rohe, it might look very simple, but up close, the sheer quality of construction, materials and thought are inspirational.

Here in Hollywood you can actually get a marriage license printed on an Etch-A-Sketch.

The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence.

My comedy comes from pain. I can't stand to see someone hurting.

I punched my buddy in the nose after lunch, now I'm in trouble cause the dean saw the punch.

As well as being in love, we're great friends. Warren makes me feel wanted, and that counts a lot with me.

It's hubris to think that the way we see things is everything there is.

Look, PETA! If God hadn't wanted us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them so darn tasty!

Things you like to do should be a hobby of yours, but things the world does should be a business of yours.