Humans often fail to see what is close to them and obvious to others.

But why, why, why can't people just say what they mean?

Research consistently shows that the risks to health outweigh the benefits of drinking alcohol. My argument is that the benefits to my mental health justify the risks.

There are so many weird people that nobody takes any notice. We all just fit right in.

I asked you here tonight because when you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.

If you really love someone,' Claudia continued, 'you have to be prepared to accept them as they are. Maybe you hope that one day they get a wake-up call and make the changes for their own reasons.

Restaurants are minefields for the socially inept

Fortunately, I am accustomed to creating amusement inadvertently.

All of us have to make some accommodations and allowances if we are to live with another person.

You’re unbelievable,’ said Rosie. ‘Look at me when I’m talking.’ I kept looking out the window. I was already over-stimulated. ‘I know what you look like.

What would you like?" "A skinny decaf latte." This is a ridiculous form of coffee, but I did not point it out.

The author should die once he has finished writing. So as not to trouble the path of the text.

Vegas changed people, creating monsters and broken men. It was easy to let the lights and stolen dreams seep into your blood.

Humour is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention. But it has no persuasive value at all.

It is sound judgment to hope that in the not too distant future we shall be competent to understand so simple a thing as a star.

When people have a willpower failure, it's because they haven't anticipated a situation that's going to come along.

Some people still believe you should just fall in line with what's going on - and that's scary. It makes a mockery of freedom of speech.

It is easier to become entangled with an enemy than to disentangle oneself afterwards.

The only alternative seems to be doing nothing…and doing nothing, I find, rarely accomplishes anything

Long live teachers of children, because they can show children how they can save the world.

Having that North Star for every story [about Batman] is really key for me. It allows me to go farther and farther off the reservation.