Part of the power of all storytelling is reassurance, offering hope to those sat in the darkness, that good can succeed and wrongdoing fail.

Erasing is exercise for the hands

Life is too short to do the things you don't love doing.

I believe welfare makes you lazy and unproductive.

Going from PayPal, I thought: 'Well, what are some of the other problems that are likely to most affect the future of humanity?' Not from the perspective, 'What's the best way to make money?'

Although I'm a huge fan of Ben Kweller, I don't think I'd cover one of his songs, simply because there's just so much of my own stuff I wanna do.

Blind eyes cannot read.

I've never sued anybody, though there have been one or two occasions I've wanted to strangle one or two people.

Affection is an overpowering craving to be compellingly sought.

The first great requisite is absolute sincerity. Falsehood and disguise are miseries and misery-makers.

People just tell me I'm supposed to be sensitive, and I'm not. But I think I'm very emotional. I'm very caring.