Do you miss her?' 'Who? Emma? Of course. Every day. She was my best friend.

You can live your whole life not realizing that what you're looking for is right in front of you.

This is where it all begins. Everything starts here, today.

Be nice wont you?" "I am nice, I'm always nice." "But not too nice. I mean don't make a religion out of it, niceness.

Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved, if you ever get the chance

Envy was just the tax you paid on success.

Salmon. Salmon, salmon, salmon, salmon. I eat so much salmon at these weddings, twice a year I get this urge to swim upstream.

I'm not the consolation prize, Dex. I'm not something you resort to. I happen to think I'm worth more than that.

Whatever happens tomorrow, we had today; and I'll always remember it

No, friends were like clothes: fine while they lasted but eventually they wore thin or you grew out of them.

Just kidding' was exactly what people wrote when they meant every word.

By the anointing of the Holy Spirit, anybody who is afflicted by any phobia can be set free.

No time for happiness, no time for sorrow. Work is the best of physicians.

I got into cars through my father. He used to work on cars. My job was to hold the light, which pretty much was the limit of my mechanical abilities.

Happiness is not the end of life: character is.

I tend to prefer traveling in the Third World countries. Like Ethiopia. Or Eritrea.

There are two or three performances in your life that are absolutely on, where all the planets are lined up for you and you feel you're invincible.

There is fatigue so great that the body cries, even in its sleep.

That's your solution? Have a cookie?' Astrid asked. 'No, my solution is to run down to the beach and hide out until this is all over,' Sam said. 'But a cookie never hurts.

I love the idea of making a movie for kids but it's got to be that, with my take on it.

I teach writing courses and first of all, I teach my students what prosody is.