Anyone who has the kind of inventive and inspired comic sensibility to be able to do that kind of work must be pretty talented.

Change the world by being yourself.

We need to remember what's important in life: friends, waffles, work. Or waffles, friends, work, it doesn't matter. But work is third.

Continue to share your heart with people even if it's been broken.

Symmetry is pleasing but not as sexy. Einstein is cool but Picasso knows what I'm talking about.

There's power in looking silly and not caring that you do.

I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody's passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn't mind leading.

If your career is a bad boyfriend, it is healthy to remember you can always leave and go sleep with somebody else.

Sometimes painful things can teach us lessons that we didn't think we needed to know.

Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.

You never know what's around the corner unless you peek. Hold someone's hand while you do it. You will feel less scared.

Love is defined by difficult acts of human compassion & generosity.

The survival of poor opinions can make a thinker feel as though he is failing humanity.

They wish to make a medical thing of evil. Madness is also such a useful metaphor, for that which we would rather not face...

Do not try to understand. What I feel for you cannot be limited to words. I know that you have moved on with your life, yet I stand here, frozen in the midst of your spirit.

My body is on fire, aching and clawing at me to set it free. It wants to come out to play alright. It wants recess with Ian. He’s everything I’m not, and I love it.

Suddenly they were dancing, holding each other tight, moving in circles that symbolised their relationship, both afraid to let go, both willing the song to continue while silently their insides tore.

It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.

I assume this is all part of some brutally simplistic plan you've thought up?" "Yes." "Oh, good.

TV show is always challenging. It's challenging when you have all of the time and money in the world, and it's more challenging when you have less money.

You are keeping the possibility [of peace] open. No wise leader would do anything less