That some good can be derived from every event is a better proposition than that everything happens for the best, which it assuredly does not.

A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.

It is better to be famous than notorious, but better to be notorious than obscure.

My circumstances of unrelieved responsibility and permanent distraction necessitated the short story form.

Children need to trust and depend upon those who are responsible for them.

It is part of the work of education to have substantive relationships with your students.

I used to box a bit, and once fought as an amateur welterweight.

I have nothing to hide. I enjoy being myself. I'm not going to change who I am just because it's Halloween.

I was molded, spent my time underneath a lot of goo. And then the bits and pieces were sculpted. It took probably 10 days to create each character after all those camera tests.

I don't fit into the mold of the NBA man, and I think I've been punished financially for it.

But I was also a big mouth, I started to develop a troubled relationship with Harry Shorten.

Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four.

On the pavement of my trampled soul the steps of madmen weave the prints of rude crude words.