A.Z. Black Quotes

The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies.

When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier.

Trees're always a relief, after people.

It is easy to be clever if you leave something important out.

I had come to Yugoslavia to see what history meant in flesh and blood.

Telling Sam and Daneca feels like peeling off my own skin to expose everything underneath. It hurts.

No one gets left behind, you know that.

It's amazing what I could've written in my life if I had realized that I should keep writing and not masturbating.

Sam: You know what I wish? Cassel: What? Sam: That someone would covert my bed into a robot that would fight other bed robots to the death for me.

I listen to Neil Young and jazz and classical stations and, if my girlfriend's driving, it tends to be Hall & Oates.

Friendship means to be a strong hand in the dark to another in the time of need.

If you're a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.

Women are always angsting over things. Guys don’t do that.

If you are an adult, and you are planning to dress up on Halloween... don't. I will find you. I will hurt you.

How long can we go without real leadership? It's like an experiment. It's [a problem with] both parties, it's beyond belief.

I'm always looking for talented people that I want to collaborate with.

We don't have seasons anymore. You know why? We lost the ozone layer. Well, put it on milk cartons - let's find it!

My head is pounding. I wish the mints were aspirin.

I had to do the book because there was an unauthorised biography which didn't tell it like it was.

I wish I had my beta-blockers handy.

Dancing - that's really what I do at parties. I dance and I hang out with friends. That's my partying.

Liberty, whether natural, civil, or political, is the lawful power in the individual to exercise his corresponding rights. It is greatly favored in law.

You are the only thing I have that is neither duty nor obligation, the only thing I chose for myself. The only thing I want.

It's the flaw that brings out the beauty.

As long as there are people who are not happy with their lot in life, as long as the United States is perceived to somehow be the cause of this unhappiness, there will be terrorism.

I mean, it takes a large entourage to put on a tour. You can't have 'em sittin' around.

He smiles so much, I don't think he has a central nervous system.

I hate that everyone calls it growing up, but it seems like DYING.

Usually I'm too tired to apologize.

I am proud and honored to be part of the America Supports You Freedom Walk to honor the victims of 9/11 and to support our men and women in uniform.

... a result once generally accepted by mathematicians is seldom retracted, and then only with great pangs. The Nature of Mathematics

Writing is thinking and thinking is hard work.

Wow, you survived a blackout. You're made of stronger stuff than ice cream.

One night you will ask me for something I cannot give.

I love you, you see...and I fear I have no way to say or show it that isn't terrible, except coming here. I would kill everyone in the world for you, if you wanted.......Or not obviously

I love the idea of a super villain that doesn't wear a cape, that doesn't wear a super suit.

The interest of the people lies in being able to join organizations, advocate causes, and make political "mistakes" without being subjected to governmental penalties.

I did it to get what I want. Maybe I should regret that, but I can’t. Sometimes you do the bad thing and hope for the good result.

Johnny Vassilaros is the man who has created the finest cup of coffee ever served in the city of New York.

To remind me, pain is the best teacher

You can't just dream big -you've got to think big, and then plan big.

Whatever I write I publish. Because that's where the money is.

You have to lead, in the case of a game show, a contestant through the architecture of the show. So there's a lot of rules there, literal and implied, that you have to navigate.

Man always thinks about the past before he dies.

I love Simon Cowell, he's a dear friend.

An action film can have too much action; picture an equaliser on a stereo, with all the knobs pegged at 10. It becomes a cacophony and is, ultimately, quite boring.

Yeah, the whole family knows. It's no big deal. One night at dinner I said, 'Mom, you know the forbidden love that Spock has for Kirk? Well, me too.' It was easier for her to understand that way.

Great opportunity is only as good as your preparation to take advantage of it.

The song and the drumming were like this: Behold, a sacred voice is calling you; All over the sky a sacred voice is calling.

Searching for a mind long lost I found it shaping colors and history near the cliffs of your heart.