Did you ever think about life as a metaphor for television?

Our generation has had no Great Depression, no Great War. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.

The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.

Worker bees can leave. Even drones can fly away. The Queen is their slave.

Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?

You know, the condom is the glass slipper of our generation. You slip it on when you meet a stranger. You dance all night, then you throw it away.

If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes.

Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

Affronts to her reputation pierced her to the heart, though I couldn’t understand why, since she had very little character left to defend.

...trying to be a good mother may be as distant from being a good mother as trying to have a good time is from truly having one.

On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere thanks to the Almighty, the Creator and Preserver.

We're here to have a ball.

How near to good is what is fair!

Being able to go on location and see the world was the greatest perk of all.

If you build it, nerds will come.

If you're in a bar and a certain song comes on and the vibe is just different, it evokes the kinds of things that you want to feel, and if music can do that it's a very special thing.

I will laugh at the laughable while I breathe

If you actually dissect the lyrics in 'Motley Crue', you'll notice that there's a lot going on beneath the surface.