...What happens is of little significance compared with the stories we tell ourselves about what happens. Events matter little, only stories of events affect us.

You can say that Lebanese has hundreds of lexemes for family relations. Family to the Lebanese is as snow to the Inuit.

I was a tourist in a bizarre land. I was home.

No matter how good a story is, there is more at stake in the telling.

A man becomes trustworthy when you trust him.

I think it's never too late to learn - or it's a lesson that's good to continue learning - that you need to treat everyone on a set with respect.

The NRA appears to have evolved into the lobby for gun and ammunition manufacturers rather than gun owners.

Everyone who wants to do good to the human race always ends in universal bullying.

The original mixed ancestry of the Jews and their subsequent history of intermixture with every people among whom they have lived and continue to live.

I wish it were O.K. in this country to look one's age, whatever it is. Maturity has a lot going for it, even in terms of esthetics. For example, you no longer get bubblegum stuck in your braces.

You want to be as dominant as possible and you want to put some doubt in the hitters' heads. That's what I'm trying to do every single time I'm on the mound.

He who commences many things finishes but few.

It is easy to be tolerant of the principles of other people if you have none of your own.

I'm going to be a better actor, or I'm going to try to be a better actor. I'm going to try to be a better musician. I'm going to be an artist instead of just this one thing.