Death lies dormant in each of us and will bloom in time.

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.

A friend is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.

In order to be creative rules cannot exist. The creative mind deserves no less.

World War I broke out largely because of an arms race, and World War II because of the lack of an arms race.

I'm not married, nor do I want to be. I'm the loving kind but not the marrying kind, though I am romantic.

I grew up listening to Joni Mitchell's version of "A Case of You." My mom was a huge Joni Mitchell fan.

There are real people behind the [Bible] stories.

I was in chemical jail.

I'm just going to keep dialing it in and keep practicing.

The sexual life of adult women is a "dark continent" for psychology.

Acting is a bit like tennis in that you can't really do it on your own.