Only losers make decisions when things are bad. The time to rejig your life is the time when it's seemingly smooth.

Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.

Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.

You can't fake creativity, competence, or sexual arousal.

Fondue sets, martini shakers and juicing machines: three things the world could live completely without.

If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it's a failure.

Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them.

Eagles are seagulls with a good hairdo.

We decided that the French could never write user-friendly software because they're so rude.

Is there anything in the world more annoyingly creepy than an unspoken dress code?

When we constantly ask for miracles, we're unraveling the fabric of the world. A world of continuous miracles would not be a world, it would be a cartoon.

What peace it must be to know that someone is yours, no matter what - it is ordained, can never be otherwise.

Perfection in art is a crime against humanity. Perfect humanity in crime is art

If you have time today, so let's show you some strange stone.

It's a different kind of economic recovery. The kind where bankers steal trillions and you don't have a job.

I am so proud of 'Top Chef' - I think it's got great cred.

Excess in moderation: don't drink a few beers every day after work, wait 'till the end of the month and drink all the beers at once.

It is tranquil people who accomplish much.

Shakespeare fascinated me. He hardly ever left the country. His imagination was worldwide though reading.

It's fun to play somebody who has no boundaries or rules. There's no book you can read on how to play a witch, so you just create a version. It's really great!

Politics are close to me, but there are different ways of participating in politics.