As long as I have laughter, I am not without hope

The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.

The whisper of the dusk is night shedding its husk.

Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake.

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

Nothing is worse than being alone on the evening of the day when one's cow has exploded.

Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along.

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every time piece with a digital readout blinks us towards implosion.

Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind.

Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.

Given my heritage and the ordeal of my childhood, I sometimes wonder why I myself am not insane. Maybe I am.

Morality is always prejudicial.

It’s less as if he sees me and more as if . . . something happens to him.

I'm trying to champion the naturalist's worldview and show it's not as heathen as most religious people would make it out to be.

I meditated before I hosted the Oscars, I meditate before I go on stage, I meditate in the morning and lunchtime when I'm on a film set.

There can be no doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience.

People didn't wasn't the People's party to come in to power again, so they saw NS a viable alternative not us, because everyone knew we were not ready.

you...are...a...frige...with...wings...we...are...freaking...ballet...dancers!

Every Monday morning is new hope.

Some people, myself in particular, have an adversarial relationship with the camera, and it sprouts up in every photograph.

The only man who has stolen my heart is my son.