Only today is real.

A thinking mind returns to its subject.

I will not send you [Raimondo], they might murder you, but I do not think they will do anything to Catherine - she is a woman and they have great respect for her.

If the church is the body of Christ [who was disguised in servant form], why would we think the world would be able to pick us out of a crowd of other well-meaning organizations?

Intimacy without commitment, like icing without cake, can be sweet, but it ends up making us sick.

All you needed is what every girl needs, a good friend. Someone to talk to, to share with, to run things by.

It would seem that men always need some idiotic fiction in the name of which they can hate one another. Once it was religion. Now it is the State.

Amy Sedaris makes me laugh harder than anybody.

One of the things I've learned is there's no lesson to be learned. You have to resign yourself to the fact that mistakes are going to be made at any time in the creative process.

The way to make a million dollars is to start a religion.

Kindness is the only charm permitted to the aged; it is the coquetry of white hairs.

No one wants to see cool people doing brilliantly. I want to see the struggle. That's the fun bit.