Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.

[we see that] science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.

For me, music is all about emotion and attitude.

If my mind be not engaged in worship, it is as though I worshipped not.

Once I had a professor say to me, "You know you have as much education as a lot of white people." I answered, "Doctor, I have more education than most white people."

He only moves toward the perfection of his art whose criticism surpasses his achievement.

Let us be clear. Prison works. It ensures that we are protected from murderers, muggers and rapists, and it makes many who are tempted to commit crime think twice.

For small businesses, regulatory burdens can be overwhelming.

Nothing lasts in New York. Everything's always changing in really obvious ways.

In between, I go broke because I seem to do movies where you're not paid a lot as an actor.

One set of messages of the society we live in is: Consume. Grow. Do what you want. Amuse yourselves.

Good writing must stay open to the questions and not fall prey to the pull of a polemic, otherwise, words simply become predictable, sentimental, and stale.