You know that sadness and rage you feel about your money? That's the way some of us feel about people.

Saying slavery was the cause of secession isn't politically correct; it's correct correct.

The Oscar nominations are out, and they're so white a grand jury has decided not to indict them.

I love writing family stories.

When I was a kid, I was very much interested in magic and science. They fueled interest in one another.

Even though you're in charge you're not completely in ownership. You know, the audience takes a huge ownership of your show.

There's a lot of magic in science, so to speak.

I've always felt like I had a guardian angel in some of those ways.

I like to get things going. I get so many different ideas, whether it's film, TV, whatever.

When I was born there were still different drinking fountains you had to drink out of.

I started as a standup comic and an actor.

To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.

Reason is the enemy of faith.

Steinway is the finest piano ever made. Its tone is magnificent and its well-balanced action superb.

Everybody has talent, it's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is.

If we are to use our tools in the service of fitting in on Earth, our basic relationship to nature--even the story we tell ourselves about who we are in the universe--has to change.

Yes, God is the end of your work, but He is the beginning also.

Nothing is necessary except God, and nothing is less necessary than pain.

Frequently consider the connection of all things in the universe. .. We should not say 'I am an Athenian' or 'I am a Roman' but 'I am a citizen of the Universe.

This is God's work. It makes blisters and it makes sweat, but it's worth my time and it's worth your time....Working together as God's people in the world-I don't know of anything more rewarding.

I never achieved my first goal in the National Actors Theatre, which is to have a permanent Acting Company