Secrets are an exalted state, almost a dream state. They're a way of arresting motion, stopping the world so we can see ourselves in it.

Then they’re always trying to sell you something. Everything is based on forcing people to buy. If you can’t buy what they’re selling, you’re a zero in the system.

He was a regulator first-class, which was another term for metalworker unskilled.

God made big people. And God made little people. But Colt made the .45 to even things up.

The shadow of scepticism is dispelled in the light of real knowledge.

My mom's a Catholic, and my dad's a Jew, and they didn't want anything to do with anything.

I admire people who come to politics because it takes a lot of courage to be in politics in India.

My mother used to talk about passages and, once in a while, about ordeals. We all have them; we are all shaped by them. She thought the key was to find the healing in the hurt.

There can be no doubt that Saddam Hussein has biological weapons and the capability to rapidly produce more, many more.

There is a segment of the American population that has been excluded from the national myth, and that should be redressed.

What Ive been developing is a vegan fast food chain and vegan food markets.

I've never sat down and thought about the difference between plot and theme. To me, that's never been important.

I felt highly anxious in a way that I didn't think other children were.

I love teaching. I wouldn't take a job that didn't include it.