In California everyone goes to a therapist is a therapist or is a therapist going to a therapist.

She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged mix of the Red Queen and a Flamingo.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.

The wind is us-- it gathers and remembers all our voices, then sends them talking and telling through the leaves and the fields.

Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.

I love New York, even though it isn't mine, the way something has to be, a tree or a street or a house, something, anyway, that belongs to me because I belong to it.

When you've got nowhere to turn, turn on the gas.

Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.

A man who doesn't dream is like a man who doesn't sweat. He stores up a lot of poison.

The distinctive feature of Christianity is blood atonement. Without it we cannot be saved. Blood is actually a symbol of the death of Christ.

I'm on my high school football team and MUST show how much I know.

Poetry is an awareness of the world, a particular way of relating to reality.

Life is a petty thing unless it is moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries.

Broadchurch' is very different, but it's equally as good as 'The Killing' - if not better.

Those who had alleged that a million civilians were dying from sanctions were willing, nay eager, to keep those same murderous sanctions if it meant preserving Saddam!

Theoretical Computer Science is just as useless as everything we mathematicians do.

I want you to make love, not war, I know you've heard it before.

Doctor Killebrew was also in the script at one point, and for creative reasons we ended up cutting him.

The trouble with giving yourself a pep talk is, that deep down you know it's all bullshit.