. . . a dirty exterior is a great enemy to beauty of all descriptions.

it is the very nature of sin to prevent man from meditating on spiritual things.

Where the habits are simple, and the mind truly elevated, then is society in the best state.

all religions seem alike to me, one mass of absurdities and lies - I know that there is a God, but I know no more of him; and I believe that all those are liars who pretend to know more than I do.

We...advance toward a state of society in which not only each man but every impulse in each man claims carte blanche.

For a finite-size system to persist in time (to live), it must evolve in such a way that it provides easier access to the imposed currents that flow through it.

Never go back, never apologize, and never forget we're half the human race.

My own mum cared about Hollywood, and I didn't. I wanted to act, and I loved the creativity of it, but I didn't care for the lifestyle.

We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.

'Juno' really changed things for me and I get a lot of screenplays come in now, but I like to self-generate and I like to kind of pursue my own ideas. And I think the more personal the better.

I always wanted to be a full-time musician. Every television job I had was a means to buy a grand piano, or to put in a recording studio, or something like that.

The task of the artist is to make the human being uncomfortable.

Not only that God does play dice, but that He sometimes confuses us by throwing them where they can't be seen.

Traffic is about drugs. As detailed a portrait as I can muster about what is happening in the drug world, from top to bottom, from policy to how things move on the street.