The boughs of the oak are roaring inside the acorn.

Any critic of Cezanne who described him as a painter of country scenes would be moving in the wrong direction. You must begin with the question of style . . .

The cool blade Severs between coolness, apple-rind Compelling a recognition.

In all pursuits men complain of failure when they have not attained the measure of success they proposed to themselves.

To many men, moderate success is only another aspect of failure.

False zeal is every day bringing true zeal into disrepute.

There are portraits and still-lifes And the first, because 'human' Does not excel the second

Love is the light through which we find joy and happiness.

If upper management found out, they’d send you off to the Probing Department.

My experience is that many things are not as bad as I thought they would be.

GEN: What you are doesn’t matter to me. Who you are does.

I'm more influenced by characters than standups. I love strong, comic women, because it's so hard and I have so much respect for anyone who can do it.

More important than a clean house is a close family.

People assume you can't be shy and be on television. They're wrong.

The immersive ugliness of our everyday environments in America is entropy made visible.

A Discordian is someone who sees windmills and thinks they might be giants

I don't get rattled about the big things. I get rattled when I have to pick up my laundry, get gas in the car, pick up a script.