I have been vain since birth.

For me, a play is a form of writing which isn't complete until it is interpreted by actors. But it's still a form of writing. And so most of my time is spent thinking about how to write a sentence.

It's obviously a characteristic of human beings that we like to feel superior to others, but our problem is we are not superior

Who says one instance of writing has anything in common with another instance?

Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard.

Sleep: a poor substitute for caffeine!

I spend most of my time thinking about things like laundry and buying stationery supplies.

I'm not proud to be me, I'm not excited to be me, but I find that I am me, and like most other individuals, I send out little signals; I tell everyone else how everything looks from where I am.

Patriotism is considered to be an emotion a person ought to feel. But why? Why is it nobler to love your own country than to love someone else's?

I was making my living from a joke about my appearance that I didn't understand, and in a way still don't, because when I look in a mirror it doesn't seem funny to me.

Acting is an escape from the boring person that I am in real life.

Thinking something does not make it true. Wanting something does not make it real.

When the Great War broke out, it came to me not as a superlative tragedy, but as an interruption of the most exasperating kind to my personal plans.

To experience the spirit of peace, one must have freedom.Neither can be obtained without the other.

You only value something if you know it’ll end.

Leonid Breznev was an old man and despite his own military experience in World War II, he on the other hand was not very close to the military.

Everyone's journey is completely different.

One of the unique things is that whether we were out at sea or in the middle of the water tank, a lot of times you just couldn't leave. Especially when we were out at sea.

Walking articulates both physical and mental freedom.

Art amplifies voices on the margins-the views and opinions that power silences.

Every woman must admit, and every man with as much sense as a woman, that it's very hard to make a home for any man if he's always in it.