Just because I never went to university doesn't mean you can't read, although I do feel a bit uneducated from time to time.

Older women know who they are, and that makes them more beautiful than younger ones. I like to see a face with some character. I want to see lines. I want to see wrinkles.

I think that reality TV is so bad. It is a tool by the media to not make people think.

My mum made a conscious decision not to teach me any Indian languages so I wouldn't talk with an accent.

I was always in trouble from an early age. I had a fraught relationship with my parents, who were very traditional. Doing plays at school was a joyous release.

I'm not an academic, but I've always loved poetry since I've been small.

If you don't take the chance to live life, what can you say at the end of it?

The unknown is always frightening.

A slice of hot, buttered toast is the perfect meal. It's not too much and not too little, and it gives you just the right buzz.

We emphasize our differences by nationality, race and financially. [...] It's our common humanity that defines us.

People have souls, and we all accept that cities have souls, too. It's why the locations are so important.

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

When Auden said his poetry didn't save one Jew from the gas chamber, he'd said it all.

...it ought to be possible to establish a coordinated global program to accomplish the strategic goal of completely eliminating the internal combustion engine over, say, a twenty-five-year period.

If you came into the theater believing in the talking snake, it's kind of hard to leave the theater still believing in the talking snake.

The smylere with the knyf under the cloke.

If the choice is go to war or end up with an American city hit by weapon of mass destruction, then the choice is easy.

You cannot keep on saying oh, you know, talking about disrespecting women as just being politically correct or it's not a big deal or brushing things off. You've got to be aware of it.

God gave unto the Animals A wisdom past our power to see: Each knows innately how to live, Which we must learn laboriously.

We try to spread the word about the charity by doing fun little stunts to catch people's attention. Like when Hank Green did a music video for us.

The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.