I know nothing - nothing in the world - of the hearts of men. I only know that I am alone - horribly alone.

Isn't there any heaven where old beautiful dances, old beautiful intimacies prolong themselves?

Many humans make the mistake of fighting for race when it’s the species driving our genes. And there is only one weapon to fight for species: the brain.

We hovered above the moment like two rain clouds

I think progress is a sort of comfortable disease, and we've got a media that says entertainment and celebrity, which isn't bad in itself but it stops the real issues coming forward.

If you don’t jump, the wings never come.

I can't have a daily routine. I feel really overwhelmed a lot of the time. I don't take much comfort in routine, but if I don't start, I could really get eaten alive by my industry.

Heart Breaking, I think that if Dad, staring down the sight of a 10mm, would only tell me he loves me, I could easily change my mind... ...but he won't.

Shutting down the government is not how you make government work.

I think we're all mysteries to ourselves.

Listen real hard to the smartest guy in the room before you go trying to prove how smart you are.

When you have done your best with what you know how to do best - and people everywhere look at you with a friendly smile.