Hope comes in many forms.

You know, what's interesting is, being your own self is kind of a blur.

When we were doing 'The Sopranos', I used to love that about it. There were rules, Mafia codes you had to go by, but the code is ridiculous. It's a code among sociopaths.

When I was a kid, I used to watch 'Laurel and Hardy' with my cousins all the time. I still think they're extremely funny and so surreal.

Don't get too comfortable. We are here for a certain period of time, and how much of your life are you gonna choose to spend with distractions? How do you make your choices? What is important?

When I was doing 'The Sopranos,' I liked putting music together with the film; that was my favorite part of it.

The Sopranos' is filled with really retrograde humor. Bathroom humor, falls, stupid puns, bad jokes - infantile, adolescent stuff, but it makes me laugh.

Psychology doesn't address the soul; that's something else.

It doesn't matter if your lead character is good or bad. He just has to be interesting, and he has to be good at what he does.

There's something very dreamlike about film, and I will always be very fascinated by that, and I'm always tempted to go in that direction.

People have said that I said I hate television. I never did say that. What I said was that I hated a lot of stuff that was on television. It's nothing about the medium itself.

God hears and answers every prayer.

We are the products of fate, from beginning to end

People certainly will love what you write, when you represent them in your words.

That's how you have to read this book, you see. You wade through a few sentences, then stop and think about them, then wade through a few more.

So perish all who do the like again.

People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.

Van Morrison remains a singer who can be compared to no other in the history of modern popular music.

After you start learning all about the mechanics of piloting a riverboat, you stop seeing all the pretty sunsets and you start thinking about the weather.

A burning purpose attracts others who are drawn along with it and help fulfill it.

Google actually relies on our users to help with our marketing. We have a very high percentage of our users who often tell others about our search engine.