I challenge record companies to show me evidence of a single penny they've lost due to Napster.

I think that the episodes are like mini horror films really; the characters make bad decisions early on and these things just snowball for them and get worse and worse. And that's what I find funny.

I think I would much rather push the boundaries of the degradation that the characters face.

The days when you needed amazing Silicon Graphics machines to run animation software are gone now.

Yes, actually. Animation's a very easy thing to watch on tour.

But probably for the last ten years or so, I've been fitting in animation work into my other projects.

I don't think anyone who has ever counted drinking amongst their hobbies has never kissed a man.

There are obviously legal restrictions on what you can do on TV in the States, as there are everywhere.

Memories are not in places, Papa. Memories are in your mind. They're here, too.

The harsh reality will be the fear that has always been at the back of your mind coming to play right in front of your eyes

I am learning my way toward something that will make sense of my life, and I learn by going where I have to go, with whatever companions I am graced.

I thought it was quite wonderful coming to America. I think immigration is a very difficult thing, but America is a very wonderful place.

I loved teaching. And I always used to say that acting was just something I did purely on my own terms, and that if I had to make a living from it there would be too much pressure.

When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.

Luck? Good luck? GM, the last time I checked, luck is for losers.

Posting a letter and getting married [sic] are among the few things left that are entirely romantic; for to be entirely romantic, a thing must be irrevocable

Harriet never minded admitting she didn't know something. So what, she thought, I could always learn.

If we esteem them too highly, good works can become the greatest idolatry.