For any given doctrine that one wants to believe, there is never a shortage of arguments by which to support it.

We learn history not in order to know how to behave or how to succeed, but to know who we are.

No victory is irreversible, no defeat is definitive. That is what makes life worth living.

I promised to always bring up a glass of water to her before we go to bed, and she promised to never let me dress myself.

Truth speaks best in the language of poetry and symbolism, I think.

As in many countries precious metals belong to the crown, so here more precious natural objects of rare beauty should belong to the public.

I don't really believe in the Devil, but if the Devil is the Father of Lies, then he certainly invented the Internet.

I've never done an album in the same place really - I like to be able to remember where I did every single one of them .

The future of narrative? Built in, part of the human template. Not going away. The future of the codex book, with pages and so forth? A platform for transmitting narratives.

It was weird because I'd only been in L.A. for about six months and I had my first feature.

The most important thing is to write material that YOU think is funny. If you don't think it's funny, but you're convinced that other people will think it is, well they won't.

The Lord has given me to understand the value of at once confessing one's sins after their commission. By so doing we are always in the state of grace.

This man called President Bush has a lot to answer for. I don't know if this man is really taking care of America. This government has been shameful.