I think the world is full of evil people. I think in some ways we're in more danger now than before.

The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.

The whisper of the dusk is night shedding its husk.

Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake.

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

Nothing is worse than being alone on the evening of the day when one's cow has exploded.

Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along.

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every time piece with a digital readout blinks us towards implosion.

Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind.

Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.

Given my heritage and the ordeal of my childhood, I sometimes wonder why I myself am not insane. Maybe I am.

I have seen my kid struggle into the kitchen in the morning with outfits that need only one accessory: an empty gin bottle.

The main thing is that everything become simple, easy enough for a child to understand.

Representation, then, is not - nor can it be - neutral; it is an act - indeed the founding act - of power in our culture.

I think we want to make the sport bigger and better and leave a good legacy for the next generation that comes through.

When you're trying to build or change a culture, what do you do? I always say to take players from state championship teams because they only know one thing -- winning.

Be yourself. Follow your heart. I know it sounds obvious, but it's the best advice at anyone ever. Take advice from other people, but take from it what feels right for you.

Cinema was always taking the big risks, and TV was ambling along behind, just trying to touch the hem.

Ultimately, we are not seeking others to bow to, but to reinforce our individual natures, to help us suffer our own choices, to guide us on our own particular journeys.

There's always a bit of truth in each rumour, the trouble is finding out which bit. - Tayend

Still, there is a calm, pure harmony, and music inside of me.