I have to stay true to myself.

If you have a secret, people will sit a little bit closer.

I just want to do cool stuff.

Once I found out how much an Off-Off-Broadway actor makes, I was whoring myself out the next day.

I learned more about elections on election night 2000 than I ever did during my 16 years of schooling.

I have a wife and two daughters; people who depend on me. Everything is more important than it was when I was 20. But now I'm like, "Eh, I made it this far."

I want to manufacture a feud.

If anything, there's more at stake when you're older, and more responsibility and more legitimate things to worry about.

I get all of my comedy from CNN.

I don't like gadgets for their own sake. I like gadgets that are tools. And I like simple gadgets that do one thing really well like a hammer.

Ethanol is, in its pure form, just as much of a sham as oil.

An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory.

I'm in politics. I'm in government, so nothing surprises me

Let the parent ask "Why?" and the child produce the answer, if he can. After he has turned the matter over in his mind, there is no harm in telling him - and he will remember it - the reason why.

I am obsessive, also I am industrious. Besides, the time when you are most alive and most aware is in childhood and one is trying to recapture that heightened awareness.

As I grow older, I regret to say that a detestable habit of thinking seems to be getting a hold of me.

Writing across genres has made me more prolific. When one is fighting me or simply not cutting it, I turn to another.

I don't like to power trip, but when you're a boss you have to fight for certain things.

I'm completely done with reality TV.

I have been through two wars in my 24 years, and I know what it's like to be without anything, to see the bombs flying above your head.

When one is in love with existence one feels such blessing, such bliss, that it is natural to bow down in deep gratitude.