Libraries have always been there for me. Of course I'll stand up for them!

The vast waterfall of history pours down, and a few obituarists fill teacups with the stories.

In tough times, a librarian is a terrible thing to waste.

Librarians consider free access to information the foundation of democracy.

There's a magical part of it (writing obituaries), too, which is you're trying to breathe life back into someone who has just died. You're trying to conjure them up.

We are all living history, and it’s hard to say now what will be important in the future. One thing’s certain, though: if we throw it away, it’s gone.

This is the greatest and most fraught romance of modern society, the marriage between the IT staff and those who depend on them.

They seemed to be quiet types, the women and men in rubber-soled shoes. Their favorite word, after literacy, was privacy--for their patrons and themselves.

Libraries have always been there for me. Of course I'll stand up for them.

When truthsayers have the courage to say the emperor is wearing no clothes, whether you agree with their point of view or not, send them love. They are to be acknowledged for speaking their truth.

My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane.

(As) a director who is a writer, I have respect for writers, so I'm less likely to step on an idea or a line.

Regarding the debate about faith and works: It's like asking which blade in a pair of scissors is most important.

Did you see Howard Dean ranting and raving? Here's a little tip Howard - cut back on the Red Bull.

I guess I'm fairly insistent and maybe consistent. If I decide I'll do something, I generally will.

I've heard some tunes in recent years that were pretty close to that same idea. The idea was you turn on the radio and you want to hear some music and up comes a commercial.

An emperor in his nightcap will not meet with half the respect of an emperor with a crown.

In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate.

Seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine.