I never graduated to being an atheist. I only graduated to being an agnostic.

Laughter can bring a new perspective.

On the one hand, I'm grateful to be hired and thrilled to be paid.

Since I also act, sometimes I get over my resentment and commit to the pitch as an acting job.

I need a life. I need a friend. I need a change. But nothing ever changes.

Then in college I became obsessed with film, and wanted to be part of that.

When my parents separated, I was very grateful.

I didn't have a teacher like Sister Mary Ignatius.

I grew up wanting to be a writer for theatre.

My parents didn't really know one another.

He would say her name over and over until it devolved into meaningless sounds - mah REI kuh, mah REI kuh - it became an entry in a dictionary of loneliness.

Only wise men can differentiate between what is a matter of pride and what is a principle of dignity.

Outdated ideas inevitably lead to outdated behaviors.

Don't make me kill you at this hour in the morning Jimmy. It's not civilized.

When I am truly present, I feel alive, and I want everyone around me to share that feeling so we can make the most of that moment together.

Yet, every time God's children have thrown away fear in pursuit of honesty-trying to communicate themselves, understood or not, miracles have happened.

The kind of über-objective is to make people laugh. You always have to have that in the back of your mind, "Eh, I've got to figure out a way to make this funny."

There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university a place where those who hate ignorance may strive to know, where those who perceive truth may strive to make others see.

Go to parties. You can't even start to know what you may find on the envelope of serendipity. If you suffer from agoraphobia, send colleagues.

The Pertinent Question is NOT how to do things right - but how to find the right things to do, and to concentrate resources and efforts on them.