Because in the end, we die. It’s like Chekhov observed in so many of his plays: ‘in two hundred years, no one will even know we were here.

Honest dishonesty. That’s quite the oxymoron – but I like the originality that you’ve brought to bear in the art of rationalization. Maybe you should consider becoming a lawyer, ” he added jokingly.

It will all work out, Inas. You come from a long line of survivors and strong women. So everything will be fine in the end. And we are always with you in spirit, to guide you and love you.

I’m not sure. But – unless I’m struggling with the darkness within – I like to sustain the illusion that death is actually much further from me than it really is.

Compartmentalization is an unconscious psychological defense mechanism employed to avoid cognitive dissonance.

Sometimes violence is necessary to prevent even more violence, ” I concluded, almost as if it were an epiphany.

Don’t invite envy to your house – you never know who will show up, ” she used to warn me.

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” (Edmund Burke)

Isn’t it better just to make your own money, and then spend it how and when you want, and with dignity?

So if you choose me, then you have declared me more special to you than anyone else, because only one man can have that honor.

There is no such thing as bad people.we're all just people who sometimes do bad things.

It's funny because it's funny.

I got a tiny part in a play, auditioned for another one and got that as well. Not only that, the first finished on the Saturday and the other started on the Monday which is like an actor's dream!

I am not a promoter of more laws, just better ones.

If you tell them what they want to hear, they don't bother to try to see.

I think it is important for someone like me to not run away from who I am but embrace it. LGBT people across the country need to know they have a friend in Congress.

I have a strong feeling that the subject of evolution is beautiful without the excuse of creationists needing to be bashed.

I often have scripts sent to me with allegedly Scottish characters where I end up telling them, 'You're going to have to rethink this whole thing!

I love doing the show more than anything. It's truly the most satisfying thing creatively that I've ever had in my life.

I've always called L.A. 'the world capital of sport.'