I'd always been really intimidated by prose writing.

Once you use a toothbrush to clean a pencil sharpener, you should no longer use it to clean your teeth.

Just because something makes you smile or laugh ... doesn't mean it's a joke.

I don't even drink Coke. It tastes like robot sweat.

I like to do things that are new, where I feel the sense of discovery.

I wanted to get paid to sharpen pencils originally just because I thought it would be fun.

I felt really conflicted about making money off stuff that's creatively satisfying.

The way you make money is to do something you don't like to do. And that's how you know you're a virtuous person.

Everyone has pencils in their house, no matter how hip and contemporary they are.

It would be amazing to tell my grandchildren, like, 'Yeah, I was paid to sharpen 1,000 pencils.'

The type of pop culture that is honestly very moving and powerful to me is [when artists] do their homework. They make it real.

So I learned two things that night, and the next day, from him: the perfection of a moment, and the fleeting nature of it.

Wherever there is true grace, there is a desire for more grace.

Woman is in love with the devil.

We have to live with our loneliness and the destiny that drives each person to the order of things.

A responsible government does not triple the national debt in eight years.

We don't get too nervous for too may things, but on television a few million people are sitting there watching. Definitely a lot more nerves.

The mind...the mind was the most powerful force for and against someone.

Respect Life and Life will respect You. Love Life and Love will shower Blessings on You.

Maturity is when you live your life by your commitments, not by your feelings.

I can never stand still. I must explore and experiment. I am never satisfied with my work. I resent the limitations of my own imagination.